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August 18, 2006

UNM's Lamadrid Explores Pilgrimage, Commerce on Camino Real
Sept. 6 lecture presented by the Palace Guard, Palace of the Governors and Santa Fe Fiesta Council

University of New Mexico folklorist, author, and cultural historian Enrique R. Lamadrid, professor of Spanish, and director of the Chicano Hispano Mexicano Studies Program, says it's time to consider the Camino Real as a corridor of culture, where pilgrimage, ritual, dance and music link north and south, past and future, in one of the greatest intercultural legacies of humanity in North America.

On Wednesday, Sept. 6, from 6:30 -8:30 p.m., Lamadrid commemorates the annual Fiestas de Santa Fe with the lecture, “Crossroads of the Heart: Pilgrimage on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro,” at St. Francis Auditorium at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe.

His lecture will explore themes of pilgrimage and cultural commerce on the Camino Real and will be accompanied by photographs by renowned New Mexican photographer Miguel Gandert and musical selections recorded by Lamadrid. General admission is $5; Palace Guard and Fiesta Council members are admitted free.

The historic Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Royal Road of the Interior, has long been studied for its importance as a conduit for people, politics and trade that spawns a wealth of research into the genealogy, military history and commerce related to the trail.

“Researchers have crossed the ocean to Spain in search of cultural roots which can be found just a ways down the Camino Real,” said Lamadrid, a Santa Fe native.

For more information, contact Brian Moe 505-982-6366, ext. 106, or email Brian@museumfoundation.org .


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