Holy Week in Tomé: A New Mexico Passion PlayLike so many folk customs the Tomé (New Mexico) Passion Play was passed along orally from generation to generation for nearly two hundred years. The same drama that Fray Francisco Domingues mentioned in 1776 was still being performed in 1947 when it was filmed by a local resident. It was at this time that Fred Landavazo, Edwin Berry and Juan Estevan Zamora realized that the drama, already threatened by a modern, disinterested world, should be preserved in a more permanent form. Through their efforts a script was produced before the final performance of the play in 1955. For the first time, this important religious and historical folk document is available in its original from with translations and annotation by Fr. Thomas Steele. Thomas J. Steele, S.J., a Jesuit priest, is a teacher and authority on the religious folk art of New Mexico. |
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Contents
Amante Jesus Mio | 146 |
Venid Almas Devotas | 154 |
Estabas Madre Dolorosa | 166 |
Holy Saturday | 176 |
Rex Caelestis Rex Gloriae | 184 |
SERMONS | 194 |
iglesia Católica Tome N Mex 35 | 199 |
La Sentencia 112 | 201 |
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adelante Alleluia alma altar amor Ay de mí Barabbas Barrabas blood Calvary camino canta centurion ceremonies church coffin Contemplate corazón Cristianos crucificado cruz cual cuerpo culpa DADO death Después dice dijo Dios dolor ejemplo el Santo escena estación Father Fred Landavazo gente golpe Hijo Holy Body Holy Cross Holy Thursday Holy Week hombre iglesia Jesús Jesus Christ Jews JOSE ASSENMACHER Juan Estevan Zamora Judas Judíos lado leño llagas Lord Lucero Madre manos Maria Santísima Mary Most Holy Monte Calvario Mother muerte mujeres mundo nails Nazareno nombre del Padre Pablo Lucero pasión passion play pecado Penitentes Pilate plaza Pontius Pilate priest procesión procession Pues Padeciste Redentor rostro Sacerdote sacristanes Saint John San Juan sangre Santa Santo Amen segunda Señor Jesucristo sentencia sermon servers Simon of Cyrene soldados soldiers Soledad sorrow soul stanza station tercera tierra Tony Sanchez Torrez tres triste urna Venid Veronica vida eterna Virgin wound
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