Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-05
HUNDREDS WITNESS
SANTO DOMINGO
TABULA DANCE
YESTERDAY
Ancient Indian Pueblo Crowd
ed With Visitors from Albu-
querque, Santa Fe and other
Nearby Cities and Towns.
DOWNPOUR OF RAIN
DREECHES MANY PEOPLE

! Chanting inCcssantl'. prayers 10 the
| supreme Being tor glfts OF u good
| heart, a clear conscience, tor their
enemies ana friends ior good crops
ana buuntiful harvest. the Santo
| Domingo Indians yesterday held their
annual fiesta IN honor OF - Dominic.
patron saint at the pueblo az Santa
| Domingo, tHlrty-stA miles north ut
! Albuquerque. The inccssunt chant
ing of prayers was accompanied ty
the muuotunuuE isating ct q huge
tom tom ana apparently never end.
INK steps of the Tabum dance
The celebration ut the u,sfi vas
Witnessed bS thousands OF visitors
from various parts of the country.
most ct whom were from Santa he.
| Albuquerque and surrounding cities
ana towns Some three hundred PEG.
pile from Albuquerque iourncvcd 10
the village Yesterday on trains. lon au.
tumubiies. wagons and on motor
cycles A special train was run from
Santa Re. carrying ga passengers.
A dozen or more motor ears made the
trip from the Ancient city which ran
! the attendance from there consider
ably over the 500 mark
Jealous sons OF 81 Francis. follow
| iag la the footsteps OF Lrlvn gulb.d
aud sandaled friars uf centuries gone:
gray haired Indian chie' .lipg. who
today. when IN the proper mood. luNe
TO rcCitc deeds ct bravery and darlnB
| In futile efforts To rcpcl the invasion
of The white man ana his civilization;
and the children OF the chiefs. grown
men and women, many OF them grad
yates of government schools and col
lrgcs--all participated la the oclcbra-
ton
Visitors were permitted greater liL.
| critics than ever before and were per
mittcd To- wander about the pueblo at
VIII Sentincls stood az the entrances
Co the sacred cstuias or khiVas, how
| ever and foolhardy people vino at
tempted 10 venture beyond the pur-
Rails ut those places, met with fierce
resentment and threats of bodily
harm % they persisted ia oudeavoring
20 enter Kodak fiends, caught Ia
the act OF taking a snap shot of the
dance or OF any OF the performers.
were rudely admonlshcd to dcsist
| Dozens ot cameras and kodaks were
taken To the pueblo. however. aud
many who took q chance al getting
| their machines smashed or perchuncu
"a smash ON the eye. too, wore re-
, wurdcd with some fine pictures Of
! the ceremonies and those participa-
! ting.
! The ceremonies of the day began
with the celebration of masses In the
! Roman Catholic yhurcn Father Jc-
rome, franciscan ct Pcua Blanca.
| Ia charge OF the Santo Domingo mis-
sion, celebrated low mass at O'Clock
and married eleven couples. Father
| florcniinc. of Gallup. celebrated high
mass at 10 o'clock and preached "A
sermon IN spanish. Father Florcntino
urged the Santu Domingus To initiate
the life ana character of Saint bo-
menic, and ~ reiigiousiy observe the
commandments OF God. The masses
were celebrated ia church which.
while apparently ancient. IN ouiy so
years old In 1859 the old church.
erected soon after tho arrival uf the
| FranriHcans. accompanying the con.