Fiesta en la meseta purépecha / [dirección y guión técnica, Rebeca Padilla; guión literario, Genaro Zalpa R.].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Padilla, Rebeca, director.

Zalpa Ramírez, Genaro, 1945- screenwriter.

Altamira, Nicanor, composer.

Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Departamento de Videoproducción, producer.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Purépecha Indians--Mexico--Cheranástico--Rites and ceremonies.

Purépecha Indians.

Festivals.

Rites and ceremonies.

Cheranástico (Mexico)--Religious life and customs.

Cheranástico (Mexico).

Asunción, Virgen de la.

Festivals--Mexico--Cheranástico.

Mexico.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (25 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Aguascalientes, Mexico] : Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Dirección General de Difusiíon, Departamento de Videoproducción, 1988.

Language Note:

In Spanish; no subtitles.

System Details:

VHS - NTSC.

analog

magnetic

VHS

NTSC

Summary:

Shows the particular way in which the Tarascan community of Cheranástico, Michoacán, celebrates the fiesta of its patron, the Virgin of the Assumption, which falls on the 15th of August. The video makes evident the social aspect of this fiesta-- Cf. container.

Credits:

Camera, Raul Mendieta R.; editing, Eugenia Peregrina; music, Nicanor Altamira; production, Sergio Valdivia.

Notes:

Title from title screen.

OCLC:

47280703