1900 J. S.Candelario Photo Spanish Territorial Los Penitentes Procession NM RARE

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<<<<<<<  AUCTION  >>>>>>> of my 50 year collection archive of rare  Americana 19th and 20th Century Classic Treasures photographs and postcards
Here is a wonderful and rare and authentic
printed photo postal mailing  card .
It is a  uncancelled divided back post card view captioned "  as above  ....    LOS  PETITENTES  ~~  Copyright by Candelario Curio , Santa Fe, New Mexico
".
The mystery of the
Hermanos
or
Penitentes
that belong to the
Cofradía de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno
has baffled and fascinated scholars, journalists, Protestant missionaries, and the local Catholic clergy for decades. The story of the Hermanos Penitentes begins in the Santa Cruz Valley in Northern New Mexico at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
The compelling tale of this medieval-like lay organization was first penned by the American merchant traveler Josiah Gregg in 1831. On Good Friday, Gregg witnessed a shocking public Penitente procession and folk tableau that involved flagellation on the plaza in Tomé. He later published his scandalous account in
Commerce of the Prairies
, his book about travelling the Santa Fe Trail.
The entire church community attended this solemn ritual, as was the custom among the three large parish churches of Santa Fe, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, and Albuquerque. Holy Week services were an amalgamation of liturgical rites, Spanish pious customs, and services led by the Hermanos Penitentes. This consolidation of Lenten and Holy Week services endured in New Mexico even after the arrival of the newly appointed Bishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy and the French clergy. Bishop Lamy never denounced the Penitentes, but tried to consolidate the various
moradas
(chapter houses) that were constructed in a local vernacular architecture. By 1900, these moradas were located in almost every village from southern Colorado to the Río Bonito in Lincoln County. Services were open to the faithful outside of the brotherhood. The local community was not disruptive to the Hermanos, but respectful and supportive. The
hermandad
was structured according to the rules of similar confraternities in New Spain (later Mexico) and Spain. Their own customs and material culture helped them to create a unique Christian spirituality within the boundaries of the United States. Alice Corbin Henderson write a great book on the sect ... "Brothers of the Light" ansd illustrated by her husband William Penhallow Henderson.
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