Women performing a traditional dance in the plaza for Festival Betances spectators.

Item Information

Title:
Women performing a traditional dance in the plaza for Festival Betances spectators.
Description:
Women wearing white dresses and colorful head wraps and sashes dance barefoot in a circle in the plaza. Festival goers line the ledges around the edge of the plaza. This performance is one of the many that take place at Festival Betances, the oldest Latino community arts festival in New England.
Date:
[ca. 1996]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Collection (local):
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción records (M111)
Series:
Audio-Visual Material and Memorabilia
Subjects:
Community life--Massachusetts--Boston
Dance
Ethnic festivals
Folk dancing, Latin American
Hispanic Americans--Social life and customs
Puerto Ricans--Social life and customs
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 color print : 6 x 4 in.
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20224547
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Notes (acquisition):
Donated by Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción.
Notes (funding):
This project was partially funded with federal assistance from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Identifier:
A011742