| Feast Day celebration of Taos Patron Saints, Santiago and Santana. The annual Fiestas are so important to the people of Taos, New Mexico that they have four different names -- Las Fiestas de Taos, Las Fiestas de don Fernando de Taos, Las Fiestas de Santiago y Santana, and Las Fiestas de la Gente. What are Fiestas? They are a tradition passed from generation to generation, a way of preserving the rich tri-culture that has developed in Taos over the last four centuries. It is a culture unique to Taos, encompassing both pueblo and plains Indians, Spanish explorers, conquistadores, French fur trappers and American mountain men food, music, vendors, parades, dancers and more. |
