Good afternoon everyone!
Saturday, April 16 at the Bernalillo Community Museum from 2:00 – 4:00 pm, graphic designer Lily Padilla and illustrator/animator Natasha Vasquez will be presenting and leading a discussion about the Cuaderno Series. Hope to see you there!
Mentor and Santa Fe músico del barrio Tomas Maes explains how the Northern New Mexican marcha de los novios changed with the arrival of a fresh melody from Mexico--one that you probably have heard a time or two if you've come within earshot of el Norte!
Abuelo and abuela are words that reflects the gift of our elders, our grandfathers and grandmothers. The word comes from the Latin, “avus,” grandfather, which comes from the Hebrew “abba,” which meant father and also God…….see our IG for full post @manitos_archive
Christmas Time in Tierra Amarilla
Alfonso De Herrera-Ulibari reflects on Christmas traditions from his youth, growing up in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico.
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Military Manitos - WWI
More than 500 men from New Mexico ended up as casualties of World War I. In the War’s aftermath, the New Mexico Board of Historical Services launched an initiative to memorialize those fallen men, culminating in a memory gathering project and archive.
Many of those fallen were Manitos. The initiative began by the Board of Historical Services is not so different from the work of the Manitos Community Memory Project. It engaged the community in a community memory project that culminated in the development of a repository.
EPHEMERA, MEMORY, & MANITOS
Ephemera is a word taken from Medieval Latin & is defined as "lasting a day," In contemporary society, it points to collectible memorabilia, typically written or printed ones, that were originally expected to have only short-term usefulness/popularity
"We were all training to be teachers," she recalls.
The names: Lucy Cordova, Mary Lou Tafaya, Margaret Rael, Elizida Sandoval, Clara Lujan, Tommie Romero, Gloria Lucero, Dolores Gomez, Lovelia Cordova, Lola Salas, Nola Schilling, Maxine Sanchez.
WWI Recruits ~ Taos County by Dr. John Valdez
During the years immediately following World War I, Lansing Bloom was hired at the Museum of New Mexico charged with directing the Museum’s War History Service.
Taos WWI
Costilla, Chamisal, Rodarte, Taos, Sapello, Valdez, Questa, Ranchos de Taos, Cerro, Pina, Red River, Tres Pedras, Peñasco, Talpa, Arroyo Seco, Arroyo Hondo, Trampas, and tab that includes some names from Carson, Dixon, Holman, Naranjos, Ojo Caliente, Prado and Rio Pueblo