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Description:

Photograph in square format. In a close-up, three men are looking at a local chamantos (ponchos) spot in the commemoration of Santa Rosa of Pelequén. In the middle, in detail, there’s a man dressed in a huaso suit and two men seeing products on sale. Over them, there are several chamantos.

Context:

The commemoration of the Santa Rosa of Pelequén shrine is a celebration made every August 30th from 1897 up to the present. This religious event of popular origin gathers thousands of devotees who come to pay their vows or grant their indulgences to this saint. As a member of the museum and before it, Oreste Plath made trips to different towns, Pelequén among them. His aim to bind religion and folklore together made him research popular trading, religious images on giant curtains, prayings, pottery (basket-making, ceramics, among others), games, songs, fun facts about the environment, objects such as religious vows, devotees’ origin and vows to the saint.

Subjects:
Chile, Outreach, Popular religiousness, Research and Teaching, Santa Rosa of Pelequén