Color print
- Museum number:
- 13-6743
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21130006743
- Alternate number:
- 13-5878
- Accession number:
- Acc.4724
- Description:
- color photographic print; matted Lupe Calderon and Eustolio Campos coming out of the parish church after their wedding; July 2, 1983. [matted at PAHMA for exhibition]
- Donor:
- George M. Foster
- Collection place:
- Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, Mexico
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Mexico, Michoacan, Tzintzuntzan
- Collector:
- George M. Foster
- Collection date:
- July 2, 1983
- Materials:
- Paper (fiber product)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Color prints (photographs)
- Accession date:
- October 11, 2001
- Department:
- Still and motion photography
- Dimensions:
- matted— width 40.8 centimeters, photo— height 35.5 centimeters, matted— height 50.8 centimeters, and photo— width 27.9 centimeters
- Comment:
- Usually bride and groom go to church to confess the afternoon before their marriage. The wedding itself takes place early in the morning, usually after Mass, and can be performed only if the couple presents a civil marriage certificate to the priest. . . . After emerging from the church, where the bridal party is met by a band which the boy's godfather has engaged, all go the godfather's house for a simple breakfast of chocolate, milk, and bread. Later in the day the party goes to the house of the boy where his father has prepared an elaborate wedding feast. Dancing takes place afterward, either in the patio or in the street, with the young couples today dancing "sweeng" as well as more traditional Mexican numbers. After dinner the newly married couple retires to a room where their new marriage godparents give them advice and warning about how to treat each other, to be tolerant of one another's shortcomings, and to work to make a success of the new union (1948)." "The simple weddings of yesterday are becoming elaborate fiestas in which the ability to attract a preponderance of outside, city guests is the measure of competitive success. In one recent wedding the bride wore an elaborate silk bridal gown, and the groom full morning dress. Their future happiness was toasted with sparkling wine in champagne glasses (1979). The father of Eustolio Campos was the long-time sacristan of the church; this wedding was unusual as tables were set up in the street outside."