Members of the Hermanos Penitentes walk along a dirt trail during the Stations of the Cross observance on Good Friday in Costilla County, Colorado. The men carry booklets and one man carries a large, carved cross. Shows snow covered hills.
Unidentifed members of Hermanos Penitentes pose near a wood stove in their adobe morada in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows young, middle aged and old men.
Members of the Hermanos Penitentes walk along a dirt trail during the Stations of the Cross observance on Good Friday in Costilla County, Colorado. The middle aged and old men carry booklets (probably alabados) and a young man carries a large,...
View of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story, adobe building is mud plastered, has a pitched tin roof, shuttered windows, a wooden belfry and a narrow porch that runs the length of the...
A large, painted wooden cross leans against the unplastered wall of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. Lettering on the cross reads: "F.P.D.N.P.J." Shows a recessed wooden door and window.
A wooden cross lies against the hard plastered adobe wall of the Garcia Morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in Garcia (Costilla County), Colorado. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
Adobe Penitente morada (Church or Lodge Room), probably Santa Cruz, New Mexico, has a wood bell turret and steeple with a cross on top and wood door. A ladder is leaning on side of building.
Adobe Penitente morada (Church or Lodge Room) possibly Santa Cruz, New Mexico, has a wood bell turret and steeple with a cross on top and wood door. A ladder is leaning on side of building.
Members of the Hermanos Penitentes, men, women, and children, kneel by a wooden cross during a Good Friday ceremony in Northern New Mexico. Three men kneel and hold crosses at a distance from the group. The group is in a field, tree covered hills...
Hermanos Penitentes gather around a wooden cross on a hillside in Northern New Mexico for a Good Friday ceremony. Some of the men hold crosses. Shirtless men, in white pants, flagellate themselves.
View of a Hermanos Penitentes Good Friday ceremony in Northern New Mexico. A group of men hold crosses near a large wooden cross on a hillside. Shirtless men, in white slacks, flagellate themselves with whips and bleed from wounds on their backs.
Men, members of the Hermanos Penitentes, bear crosses in a Good Friday procession in Las Animas County, Colorado. One man without a shirt flagellates himself on the back and bleeds; others kneel or stand and observe. Adobe structures and fenced...
Hermanos Penitentes--People--1890-1900.; Flagellation--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1900.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adoration--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1900.; Religious groups--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1900.;...
Young men, members of the Hermanos Penitentes, climb up a dirt path between sandstone rock formations in Abiquiu (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico. The men are barefoot and bare chested, they wear loose fitting white pants and have white cloth or...
Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1890-1910.; Abiquiu (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Crosses--New Mexico--Abiquiu--1890-1910.; Religious processions--New Mexico--Abiquiu--1890-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--New Mexico--Abiquiu--1890-1910.; Rock formations--New...
View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building has doors and shuttered windows....
Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building's roof creates an overhang...
Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1970-1980.; San Francisco (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
View of the Morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. A white wooden cross is hung near the buildings entrance with the initials F.P.D.N.P.J....
Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
View of hand hewn timber crosses aligned near an adobe morada in Northern New Mexico. A pile of firewood is seen near the crosses. The arid landscape is dotted with chamisa, chollo and prickly pear cactus.
A man and a woman pose on a pile of rocks that hold up a Penitente hand hewn wooden cross at a descanso near Las Vegas (San Miguel County), New Mexico. Two other crosses and three burros with saddles are nearby.
Hermanos Penitentes--Facilities--1900-1920.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Couples--New Mexico--San Miguel County--1900-1920.; Crosses--New Mexico--San Miguel County--1900-1920.; Donkeys--New Mexico--San Miguel County--1900-1920.