| a_s1576_t85-147 | Haitian storyteller Liliane Louis | Sound | Fieldwork
Tales
Storytelling
Arts, Haitian
Haitian Americans
African Americans
Oral narratives
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Haitian storyteller Liliane Louis
- Date
- 1985-08-03
- Description
- Two reel to reel tapes. Recording of Louis telling various Haitian stories. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-143 | Interview with hammock maker Mingly Caminero-Beheit | Sound | Weavers
Fieldwork
Sound recordings
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Hammocks
Venezuelan Americans
Craft
Textile arts
Games | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with hammock maker Mingly Caminero-Beheit
- Date
- 1985-08-13
- Description
- One reel to reel. Interview with Caminero-Beheit about hammock making. She discusses learning to make hammocks; the processes used; state of the art in Venezuela; time needed; use of hammocks; and Venezuelan children's games. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, she lived as a housewife and made hammocks on the side. For a sample textile that she made in the images can be found in S 1628, box 1, folder 10. Images of her making the sample can be found in S 1577, v. 43 S87-918 - S87-930. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-145 | Interview with Santeria priest Ernesto Pichardo | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Santeria
Beliefs and cultures
Religion
Alternative medicine
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Life histories
Oral histories
Priests | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Santeria priest Ernesto Pichardo
- Date
- 1985-08-15
- Description
- Two reel to reel tapes. Interview with Pichardo about Santeria. He discusses Santeria dancing, medicine, food, and philosophy; origins of Santeria; Santeria under Batista, Castro, and in Miami; African origins; apprenticeships; and present customs. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahaman, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-142 | Performers of the Pro Teatro Cubano | Sound | Fieldwork
Sound recordings
Blackface entertainers
Performing arts
Theatrical makeup
Theater
Comedy
Entertainment
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Actors
Entertainers
Performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Performers of the Pro Teatro Cubano
- Date
- 1985-07-28
- Description
- One reel to reel.Songs by performers with Miami's Pro Teatro Cubano which present bufo theater productions (Cuban vaudeville/satirical comedies). Bufo theater was often performed in Havana before Fidel Castro came to power. Fecundo was the theater's composer, and a musician. For images Pro Teatro Cubano, see S1577, v. 43, S87-1015 - S87-1036. For an interview with Juan Landa, another performer, see S 1576, reel T86-141. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-144 | Interview with wood carver Jose Orta | Sound | Wood carvers
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Fieldwork
Sound recordings
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral narratives
Wood carving
Puerto Ricans
Latinos
Artists
Woodwork
Art | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with wood carver Jose Orta
- Date
- 1985-07-28
- Description
- One reel to reel. In Spanish with Orta's mother- in-law Reynardo Fernandez translating. The field notes indicate her translations were not always accurate. Orta discusses his carvings; wood used; techniques; making musical instruments; how he learned carving; and his family's involvement. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-141 | Juan "Bolito" Landa interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey | Sound | Field recordings
Musical comedy
Blackface entertainers
Performing arts
Theatrical makeup
Drama
Comedy
Vaudeville
Cuban musical theatre
Interviews
Oral histories
Actors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Juan "Bolito" Landa interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey
- Date
- 1985-08-19
- Description
- One reel-to-reel. Landa, an actor with Miami's Pro Teatro Cubano, discusses bufo theater, a ribald and satirical form of Cuban musical theater with stock figures imitating stereotypes. Bufo theater was often performed in Havana before Fidel Castro came to power. Landa discusses playing the stock character of "El Negrito," a trickster figure who worked for Gallego, a Spanish businessman. He discusses the origins of bufo theater, types of bufo characters and audiences, various bufo performers and playwrights, and bufo actors and productions in Miami. For more of Landa and Pro Teatro Cubano, see S1577, v. 43, S87-1015 - S87-1026. For an interview with other bufo performers, see reel T85-142.
- Collection
| Annie Bert making baskets at Miccosukee Indian Reservation | Annie Bert making baskets at Miccosukee Indian Reservation | Still Image | Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Material culture
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Mikasuki Indians
Native Americans
Patchwork
Decorative arts
Textile arts
Indian reservations
Sewing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Annie Bert making baskets at Miccosukee Indian Reservation
- Date
- 1987-09
- Description
- Seven color slides. Images are dark. Bert was born approximately in 1925. She spoke little English. She made coiled sweetgrass baskets. Used newer grass, using cotton thread. She made basket bottoms out of palmetto fiber. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
- Collection
| Bufo theater performing Juan (Bolito) Landa applying blackface | Bufo theater performing Juan (Bolito) Landa applying blackface | Still Image | Fieldwork
Cosmetics
Blackface entertainers
Minstrel shows
Theatrical makeup
Theater
Comedy
Entertainment
Performing arts
Vaudeville
Actors
Entertainers
Performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bufo theater performing Juan (Bolito) Landa applying blackface
- Date
- 1985-07-28
- Description
- Eleven color slides. Juan (Bolito) Landa was an actor at Miami's Pro Teatro Cubano, which presents bufo theater productions (Cuban vaudeville/satirical comedies). Bufo theater was often performed in Havana before Fidel Castro came to power. The character Landa played was El Negrito, a trickster figure who worked for Gallego, a Spanish businessman. For more of Landa and Pro Teatro Cubano, see S1577, v. 43, S87-1027 - S87-1043. For an interview with Landa, see S 1576, reel T85-141. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| Cigar rollers at El Credito Cigar Company | Cigar rollers at El Credito Cigar Company | Still Image | Fieldwork
Tobacco
Workers
Workplace
Cigar industry
Cigar making
Cigars
Labor
Latinos
Cigar makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cigar rollers at El Credito Cigar Company
- Date
- 1985-07-16
- Description
- Five color slides. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| Columbia Festival | Columbia Festival | Still Image | Fieldwork
Wood carving
Figurines
Material culture
Decorative arts
Decoration and ornament
Art
Festivals
Special events
Latinos
Painting
Wood carvers
Artisans
Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Columbia Festival
- Date
- 1985-07-20
- Description
- Twenty-one color slides. Images of the Columbia Festival in Miami. Includes eight slides of Orta's wood carvings and three slides of Bustos' paintings. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
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