vendors. San Pedro Day is accentuated with week-long celebrations in the cofradia (Maya

brotherhood) and with rituals performed in Maya homes.

 All three festivals have elected queens, Reina de la Feria (Queen of the Festival), Flor de

Feria (Flower of the Festival, the Queen's maiden), and Scii iia de Deportes (Lady of Sports).

The festival of the Virgen of Candelaria, has a queen who is always Ladino, and a Pokomam

Princess, who is Maya. There is an annual published flyer announcing the festival events, which

features a large picture of the Ladino Queen of the Festival on the front and lists the detailed

events on the inside. After reviewing over a decade of flyers from previous festivals, I noticed

that all had the full names of the Ladino queens printed; not one, however, listed the names of

the Maya princesses. In some cases the Ladino Queen names would be in bold while Pokomam

Queens were never named at all.

 The villages of San Pedro Pinula all have their own patron saint days and small local

celebrations occur in the surrounding villages of Aguacate, Pinalito, Santo Domingo, and Agua

Zarca. These festivals are attended by Ladino and Maya alike as Pinalito, Agua Zarca, and Santo

Domingo have large populations of Ladinos (these villages are extensions of the main town and

Santo Domingo is the original Spanish colonial settlement). Even though Aguacate has only one

Ladino family, Ladinos from the town attend but are usually patrons (employers) of Aguacate

villagers.

Festivals and their Significance

 San Pedro (June 9): This is considered the "Indian" festival and is attended by Ladinos

and Maya alike even though the activities involving the cofradia and its building are exclusively

Indian. The principal Catholic mass is attended by Maya from all over the region.

 The local cofradia building (Maya church) is full of activities all week culminating in the

weekend festival. Maya families come from all over the region and often sleep either with