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Ranchera singer from mariachi group La Familia Mora Ariaga performing at Mexican Independence Day celebration - Florida City, Florida.

Image Number
Date
Date Note
Collection
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Metro Dade Fieldwork, Color Slides, Laurie Sommers, 1985 ; Box 1, FF12
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Sombreros (Hats)
Decorative arts
Domestic arts
Personal adornment
Practices
Community rites--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City
Belief and custom
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City
Musical traditions, Latin American and Caribbean
Musical traditions, Mexican
Songs, ethnic
Songs, Mexican
Secular festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City
Ethnic patriotic celebrations
Mexican Independence Day
Ethnicity, Mexico
Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean
Mexicans--Clothing
Music--Performance
Mariachi
Popular music--Mexico
Singing
Singers
Musicians--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City
Entertainers--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City
Performing arts--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City
Mexican Americans--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City
Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami
Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City
Manners and customs
Ethnic festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City
Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City
Folk music--Mexico
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Ranchera are songs of love and loss.

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Chicago Manual of Style
Sommers, Laurie Kay. Ranchera singer from mariachi group La Familia Mora Ariaga performing at Mexican Independence Day celebration - Florida City, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111554>, accessed 1 February 2023.
MLA
Sommers, Laurie Kay. Ranchera singer from mariachi group La Familia Mora Ariaga performing at Mexican Independence Day celebration - Florida City, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 1 Feb. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111554>
AP Style Photo Citation
(State Archives of Florida/Sommers)
