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Ruben Cobos,recorder, 1975

 Item — Box: 6, CD: 582

Scope and Contents

Repeat of CD 341. Harold Tafoya, b. 1947, Del Norte, Colorado, with Nora Tafoya, b. 1946, Red Cliff, Colorado. Begins at 00:22 and ends at 9:07.1. Song, Los laureles (fair recording, song that speaker sang to his grandmother, Manuelita de Espinosa, for her 50th anniversary, Spanish influence on lyrics, guitar, singing); 2. Song, Hijo de nadie (fair to poor recording, dedicated to men, guitar, singing); 3. La buena suerte (fair recording, song, good luck, guitar, alegre, fast paced song).

Maria Guadalupe Premia de Sandoval, b. July 20, fFrom Alamosa, Colorado. Begins at 9:20 and ends at 54:06. 1. Conversacion (good recording, personal information about speaker); 2. Song, Aguinaldos (good recording, traditional, few verses to sing when one receives communion, children, at Christmas, Navidad, going house to house, singing and asking for a gift, mis cristmas, owners give them baked or candy treats, a bit of money. Included here singing is Ken Salazar, sobrino de Mrs. Sandoval); 3. Velorios (good recording, local traditions, difuntos, burial, wakes, funeral, death, muerte); 4. Conversacion (good recording, with Dr. Cobos,about morada, Penitentes, Los Rincones, Colorado); 5. Muertos (good recording, traditions, death, muerte, funeral); 6. Relato (good recording, conversation with Dr. Cobos, use una muerte no muerta, women, death); 7. La influenza (good recording, local history, personal experience, Spanish Flu Epidemic 1918, health, medicine); 9. Remedios (good recording, home remedies, curandera, osha, herbs, home cures, yerbas); 10. Morcilla (good recording, food, cooking, meat, blood sausage, how to cook the blood and make sausage); 11. Mezquinos (good recording, local traditions, medicinal care, warts, medicine, health); 12. Yerbas (good recording, conversation, personal opinion, local traditions, herbs, medicine, health, cures, curandera); 13. Inmortal (good recording, conversation, personal opinion); 14. Oremos (good recording, prayer, verses, religion); 15. Alabanza a San Francisco (good recording, traditions, alabado, song, verses); 16. Conversation (good recording, with Dr. Cobos); 17. Costumbres, local Hispanic customs (good recording, local history, traditions); 18. Las honras (good recording, conversation, personal opinion, honor, pride); 19. Cabo de ano (good recording, misa, mass, religion); 20. San Isidro (good recording, conversation, Dr. Cobos asks speaker about the blessing the fields, farming, ditches, acequias); 21. Song, El alba (good recording, sung, verses, greeting the coming of dawn, daylight); 22. Adivinznazas (good recording, riddles, verses); 23. Don Cacahuate (good recording, story, dona Cebolla had many children); 24. Pedro de Urdemalas (good recording, story); 25. Comidas (good recording, food, cooking, traditions, atole, chaquegue, bizcochitos, torta de huevo, etc.).

Dates

  • 1975

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English, Spanish

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 13 boxes (12.25 cu. ft.)

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451