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See also Altars; Camposanto; Descansos; Hábito; Mandas; Religious Folk Art; Santos
See also Altars; Camposanto; Descansos; Día de los Muertos; Nacimiento; Retablos; -Santos
A recognizable sign of a colonial frontier camposanto was a large public, eight-foot wooden cross that stood in the front or center of the cemetery.
Spaniards and the clergy were allowed to be buried in the missionary churches, whereas the mestizos (people of mixed race) and Indians were buried in the camposanto located in front or to the right of the church.
Although some people use the better-known term cementerio, meaning “cemetery,” camposanto is a word still used in many families.
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