Preparation of traditional tobacco

Preparación de tobaco tradicional

Object Details

Subject LanguageTzeltal
Language PID(s)ailla:119666
Title [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Title
TitlePreparation of traditional tobacco
Language Community
Country(ies)Mexico
Place CreatedOxchuc, Chiapas
Date Created2006-08-12
Description [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Description
DescriptionA video recording about the preparation of "may", the traditional tobacco to which magic properties are attributed, and which is consumed by eating it or by rubbing oneself with it. In this part, Esteban shows how to cut the tobacco leaves and how to prepare it by shredding them, mixing them with lime and crushing them, while telling stories about this process.

In part two, they finish cruching the tobacco leaves while talking. Then, they all consume it.

In part three, they go on sharing stories about traditional tobacco.
GenresNarrative
Instructions
Ethnography
Conversation
Source Note060812 Oxchuc sk'oplal pas may
References
Contributor(s) Individual / RolePolian, Gilles (Researcher)
Contributor(s) Corporate / RoleAsociación Xmuxuk' Balumilal (Creator)

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