Atencio, Cecilia (Cebolla, NM) part 1 of 2

Authors

1140 1. 015.1

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

4-11-1978

Comments

Family genealogy, Moved from Fort Garland, CO. to Alamosa and eventually established in La Cebolla, NM. Talks about marriage proposals in the past, means of transportation: cars pulled by horses. She married Justiniano Atencio from Los Pinos, NM. She was 16 when she got married. The traditional ritual of marriage proposal and gifts [la pedida de mano, el prendorio y el casorio], calabazas, her wedding and celebration with violin music. When they came from Los Pinos to Las Nutrias in a buggy, they passed by Indian encampments. Story about a woman named Isaa who was the dressmaker in the village. Memories about her early years as a married woman, husband was a sheep shearer and repaired cars. She used to do embroidery, talks about her children. One of her children passed of 'ojo' [mal de ojo], talks about the remedy to cure 'El Ojo'. They eventually moved from Las Nutrias to La Lagunita in Cebolla to work in their own ranch. Crops they used to farm: coles, sacate [Lemom grass], avena, trigo. No agricultural machinery to assist the farming work, harvesting with 'hozes pequeñas' [small sickles]. She did the plastering of their house [el enjarrado], description of her house, furniture, dishes. and estufa de leña, raising her children in Lagunita.

Recommended Citation

Anselmo Arellano collection (MSS 1140), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico