Documentation of a Tradition

books:

	• Pilgrimage to Chimayo: Contemporary Portrait of a Living Tradition Museum of New Mexico Press, 1999 - 80 pages view larger image
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Documentation of a Tradition

This is an impressive documentation of the annual Holy week pilgrimage to the santuario in the village of Chimayo in the foothills of the Sangre de Christo Mountains in northern New Mexico. The text provides illuminating insights into the history and tradition, both Indian nd Hispanic, of the shrine and the pilgrimage. The photographs, excellently reproduced, present a sensitive, inspired and inspirational, documentation of the people, the place and the journey. There are hikers nad bikers, children, old people, campfires, men bearing crosses, and on the back cover an image that points up the interface between modern life and ancient tradition. It shows a large, illuminated highway department sign that says: "PILGRAMS (sic) EXIT TO FRONTAGE." Quotations, some in Spanish, some in English, illustrate the variety of stories and motivations behind these journeys. This is a magnificent chronicle of an important piece of New Mexico tradition.

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Documents in black-and-white photos, the most popular religious and spiritual pilgrimage in the United States - the annual Easter week walk to the Santuario de Chimay, in northern New Mexico. Together with moving testimonials (provided in Spanish and English), the images make for a beautiful and poignant little book. The text is written in English and Spanish.