villa de bejar was the major city that was founded by spanish colonist in 1718.
villa de bejar was the major city that was founded by spanish colonist in 1718.
which major city was founded by spanish colonist in 1718?
villa de bejar
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pastorelas, which roughly means "shepherds' plays," are theatrical works done by both amateur and professional groups during the christmas season. the play first arrived in the new world in the early 1700s with the establishment of early spanish missions. the origins of this play are unknown other than it was orally passed down in spain during europe's medieval time period. in 1718, the spanish friars settled along the san antonio river as an establishment for the native american inhabitants. this play's original purpose was to act as another method of catholic conversion for the native americans. soon afterward there was a spanish military settlement was established across the river and then in 1731 a group of spanish colonist from the canary islands settled near these two communities also along the river. these three communities then formed what we know the area of san antonio to be. this means that at the time there were three social classes that occupied the san antonio region: elite spanish settlers, middle class mexican families, and poor mexican workers. noting this current culture is vital to the perseverance of this tradition because this takes place right before the start of the east coast, white frontier minded ideal of manifest destiny. originally descended from medieval spain, this play is performed entirely in spanish (flores 1). it is not until the mid 1900s that a translator is used and it's not until 1913 that performances of los pastores make their way to texas. "between 1893 and 1953, at least one hundred twenty-five copies of this play relating to christ's nativity have been discovered in the american southwest and in mexico" (herrera-sobek 17). they were originally developed as a didactic tool to teach the christmas story.
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