Note 3 — Chapter XX · The Meeting in the Town Hall
Charles E. (Charles Edward) Derbyshire translation
The hermano mayor was a person appointed to direct the ceremonies during the fiesta, an appointment carrying with it great honor and importance, but also entailing considerable expense, as the appointee was supposed to furnish a large share of the entertainments. Hence, the greater the number of hermanos mayores the more splendid the fiesta,—TR.