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Show ili 195 tetra <r tamer LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY MANNERS Ld A Nagai - nome Seal con ci 164 this was concluded the benediction would follow; the ladies then retired, and the men were invited to partake of refreshments. In later years the wedding was invariably celebrated with a gran baile, which always continued until a late hour. The services attendant upon burials were the same as in all countries where performed by the clergy of the Catholic church. The expense incident to the interment, parBURIALS AND BURIAL ticularly when the unfortunate deceased was FEES a member of a prominent or wealthy family, was considerable.12° No people were more punctual in their attendance upon religious worship than the New Mexicans. In Santa Fé, in the olden days, each evening towards the close of twilight, RELIGIOUS PROCESSIONS AND CEREMONIES ceased, people of all stop suddenly, even of an unsupportable and stood still. An 110 Davis, W. W. the large bell of the parroquia would peal for la oracion, or vespers. All conversaall labor tion was instantly suspend—ed classes, whether on foot or on horseback, would the laden porter, groaning under the weight burden, stopped in the midst of his career almost breathless silence reigned throughout H., El Gringo, p. 186, gives a fee bill of the church for religious services, in the case of a young were buried at Santa Fé, as follows: ‘*Dobles Mexican gentleman whose remains El incensario El entierro La misa El organo (vessel del oratorio In August, for baptism they would with the band representative (the res Bisho pie ian : ae Benedi onse of armed This with lances, procession and other is no longer Other processions, however, are still maintained at the cap- nedict — $141.00” Cres pi, to prevent any undue exaction of burials, and requiem masses. These friars had a chapel, adjoining the parochial church on the south side, in Santa Fé. As it was a Franciscan institution which, by its constitution, could be governed only by priests of the order, it ceased to have a canonical existence in New th ation by a public document, the amount to be rN the bishop’s of guards, of the period. cis. (the on. ’s fec-additional)” 1730, see that centurion THE THIRD ORDER OF SAINT FRANCIS Even as thus limited, Seiad ow de regarded as high, sixteen dollars for a marriage, or @ frail, with requiem mass, and generally some incidental expenses. From this Ww : oo ing and sentiment were most pronounced. This procession was An image of Christ upon the one of great pomp and splendor. cross was carried along the principal thoroughfares, accompanied by an array of other images representing the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and others, while in the procession also would be found men dressed to represent the characters of the time of Christ, the interment) ig cantores (the chanters) fees, fixed during was held during Holy Week, on Good Friday, when religious feel- There existed during the time of the Franciscan friars an order of that religious institution known as the Third Order of St. Fran- for incense) (use of the organ) responso tardes (good evening) to those present closed the ceremony; when presto, all was bustle and confusion again — the colloquial chit-chat was resumed — the smith plied upon his anvil with redoubled energy — the clink of the hammer resounded in every direction — the wayfarers resumed their journey, both pleasure and business, in short, resumed their respective sway. Under the auspices of the church, a goodly number of religious processions were held during the year. The principal procession and Corpus Christi. (the mass) Mas al didcono 165 ital, the principal ones being those of Nuestra Sefiora de Guadalupe (resting places) (the ly broken by the clatter of livelier-toned bells; and a buenas held. cross) La capa (high mass vestments ) La agua bendita (holy water) Los Ciriales (candlesticks) Las Mesas OF THE PEOPLE the city, disturbed only by the occasional sibilations of the devout multitude; all of which accompanied by the slow, heavy peals of the sonorous bell, afforded a scene most solemn and appropriate. After the expiration of about two minutes, the charm was sudden- Persons (tolling the bells) El Sepulero (the grave) La Cruz Alta (the grand AND CUSTOMS order was not very faithfully carried : New out in “11 Gregg, A religions Josiah, Commerce procession, pei of the Prairies, i, p. 259. : Miata of the vow of Don Diego de cole 18 also annually held in Santa Fé, when an image of the Virgin Mary, — Pre € the same one which De Vargas carried into battle in his fight wi seule Pueblos, is carried from the cathedral to the chapel of Rosario. Se he , thousand persons have been known to take part in this procession. Salpointe, in his Soldiers of the Cross, p. 91, says: oe = oP ‘‘The tradition a Vir Po Santa Fé, that Vargas carried always with him a statue of the Blesse which is yet preserved in the cathedral as our Lady of the Rosary. irgin, |