The Procession

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A color photograph capturing two lines of teenage girls at the annual parochial procession of San Basilio de Palenque. They are shown from their left profile and from behind. The line in the foreground consists of six girls wearing bright yellow knee-length dresses with ruffled skirts. The dresses have wide, square necklines and short sleeves. The line of girls standing in front of them wear bright blue knee-length dresses. The dresses have short sleeves and blue sashes tied in a bow at the waist in the back. The girls stand on a dirt road or courtyard, in front of several small buildings. Younger girls can be seen in the background along with members of the community.

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