of the space held the black mufleca. Between its knees was a 
little blue-eyed, white china doll to represent "El Principe. " 
Various gifts were brought and placed on the table-kettles of 
sweetened orange juice, and oranges mainly. We sent out and bought 
hard candy as our contribution. 
The master of ceremonies, a man, was dressed in a long 
white robe of thin material decorated with embroidery. The queen 
(head of the work society) was a young woman, 22 to 24 years old 
with a stony face, highly intelligent. A long conversation ensued 
with the man asking questions about the one to be baptized, the queen 
answering that came to a climax with the final inquiry "Quien de 
el nifio, and the queen answered "parece hijo del gringo!/' There 
followed a mock baptism when the "padre" drank from each of the 
containers of orange juice, following which glasses were passed to 
us. The ceremonies concluded with a grand scramble for the 
candies and oranges. 
Dancing, mainly the congo, followed. About eight the crowd 
moved to a larger dance floor lower down in the village where dancing 
continued through the night, including an early visit and some 
dancing in our house after which the crowd went away. We learned 
later that as a closing act of the ceremony the doll was hidden in 
some house, and later "discovered. " with a mock trial following the 
alleged theft or abduction, and imposition of a fine. In the present 
instance the black doll was hidden among our things, but in the 
