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January |
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1
- Turtle Dance at Taos Pueblo. Afternoon dances at Jemez Pueblo (Matachines).
6
- King's Day Celebration including Buffalo, Deer, Eagle and Elk Dances
at most pueblos.
22
- Evening Firelight Dances at San Ildefonso Pueblo.
23
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Feast Day with Buffalo, Comanche and Deer Dances. |
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February |
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2
- Candelaria Day Celebration with dances at Picuris and San Felipe Pueblos.
Late
February - Deer Dances at San Juan Pueblo. |
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March |
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19
- St. Joseph Feast Day and Harvest Dance at Laguna Pueblo (Old Laguna).
Easter
- Easter Weekend Celebration with Basket and Corn Dances at most pueblos. |
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April |
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1
- Jemez Pueblo Open Air Market featuring Jemez traditional foods, arts
and crafts and artist demonstrations |
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May |
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1
- San Felipe Pueblo Feast Day and Corn Dance.
3
- Santa Cruz Feast Day and Corn Dance at Cochiti Pueblo. Blessing of the
Fields and Corn Dance at Taos Pueblo. |
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June |
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Memorial
Day Weekend - Annual Jemez Red Rocks Arts & Crafts Show. |
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July |
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4
- Mescalero Apache Maidens Puberty Rites and Mountain Spirits Dance at
Mescalero. Nambe Waterfall Ceremonial and Bow and Arrow, Buffalo, Corn
Harvest and Snake Dances by visiting tribes at Nambe Pueblo. Picuris Pueblo
Arts and Crafts Fair.
2nd
or 3rd weekend of July - Jicarilla Apache Little Beaver Roundup and
Rodeo with various dances in Dulce.
14
- San Buenaventura Feast Day and Corn Dance at Cochiti Pueblo.
Mid
July - ENIPC Arts and Crafts Fair.
25
- Santiago Feast Day and Corn Dance at Taos Pueblo.
26
- St. Anne Feast Day at Santa Ana and Taos Pueblos. Harvest
and various other dances at Laguna Pueblos. |
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August |
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2
- Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles Feat Day Corn Dance at Jemez Pueblo.
4
- Santo Domingo Pueblo Feast Day and Corn Dance.
10
- San Lorenzo Feast Day with dances at Acoma and Picuris Pueblos.
12
- Santa Clara Pueblo Feast Day featuring Buffalo, Comanche and Corn Dances.
15
- San Antonio Feast Day with Corn Dances at Zia Pueblo and various dances
at Laguna Pueblo
2nd
or 3rd weekend of August - Santa Fe Indian Market with Basket, Butterfly
and Corn Dances.
2nd
or 3rd weekend of August - Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial featuring
50 tribes in dances, parades and rodeos at Red Rock State Park near Gallup.
28
- San Augustine Feast Day at Isleta Pueblo featuring a mass in the morning
and a procession following the mass, with dances in the afternoon. |
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September |
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2
- San Estevan Feast Day with a Corn Dance at Acoma Pueblo.
4
- San Augustine Feast Day featuring a Harvest Dance at Isleta Pueblo.
8
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast Day with Harvest and Social
Dances at Laguna Pueblo (Encinal) and Corn Dance at San Ildefonso Pueblo.
2nd
or 3rd weekend of September - Stone Lake Fiesta and various Jicarilla
Apache dances in Dulce. September 19 - San Jose Feast Day with Buffalo,
Corn and Eagle Dances at Laguna Pueblo (Old Laguna). September 25 - St.
Elizabeth Feast Day with Harvest and Social Dances at Laguna Pueblo (Paguate).
30
- San Geronimo Feast Day featuring Buffalo, Comanche and Corn Dances, in
addition to a trade fair, ceremonial foot races and a pole climb at Taos
Pueblo. |
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October |
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4
- San Francisco Feast Day with a Corn or Elk Dance at Nambe Pueblo.
17
- St. Margaret and Mary Feast Day with Harvest and Social Dances at Laguna
Pueblo. |
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November |
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12
- San Diego Feast Day with Buffalo, Comanche, Corn, Deer and Flag Dances
at Jemez and Tesuque Pueblos.
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December |
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12
- Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Feast Day featuring Bow and Arrow, Buffalo
and Comanche Dances at Jemez, Pojaque, Santa Clara and Tesuque Pueblos.
Los Matachinas Dance at Jemez Pueblo.
24
- 29 - Various Christmas Celebrations: Spanish Dance drama "Los Matachines"
at Picuris and San Juan Pueblos; Pine torch Processions at San Juan and
Taos Pueblos; Basket, Buffalo, Deer, Harvest, Rainbow and Turtle Dances
at Acoma, Cochiti, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Santa Clara and Taos Pueblos.
24
- Dances after Midnight Mass at Laguna, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Jemez and
Zia.
25
- Christmas Celebration -- Matachina Dance at San Ildefonso Pueblo.
25
- 28 - Laguna Pueblo Harvest Dance. |
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Ongoing |
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Traditional
Indian dances are free to the public at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
2401 12th Street NW in Albuquerque, every Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m.
and 2 p.m. throughout the calendar year. The Center also features art demonstrations
at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information, please call (505) 843-7270. |
