| Subject Language | Tzotzil
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| Language PID(s) | ailla:119665
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| Title [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Title | |
| Title | Joking interactions during visit of Grandfathers and Grandmothers at house of Second Prefect |
| Language Community | San Lorenzo Zinacantán, Chiapas |
| Country(ies) | Mexico
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| Place Created | San Lorenzo Zinacantán, Chiapas |
| Date Created | 1966-01-01 |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | Beginning on Christmas Eve (24 December) and lasting through Epiphany (6 January), men costumed as Grandfathers, Grandmothers, Angels, and a Bull perform humorous rituals in several places in Zinacantan Center, including the Church of Saint Lawrence and the homes of cargoholders. The recording documents their performance in the home of the Second Prefect on New Year's Day in 1966. See Bricker (1973: Chapter 2) for a description of these rituals |
| Genres | Speech play
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| Source Note | TAPE 3A, 3B |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Anonymous (Transcriber)
Bricker, Victoria (Researcher)
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| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role | |
