Turkas
Turkas
Object Details
| Subject Language | Tojolab'al |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119542 |
| Title [Indigenous] | Turkas |
| Language of Indigenous Title | toj |
| Title | Turkas |
| Language Community | |
| Country(ies) | Mexico |
| Place Created | Ingeniero Gonzales de León, Municipio de Las Margaritas, Chiapas |
| Date Created | 2003-03-29 |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | This is one of the recordings of carnival which was made in Tojol-ab'al for the Tojol-ab'al Language Documentation Project, informant 023, recorded in Tojol-ab'al on 2003-03-21. The subject is ta’an k’oy turkas, this is when the actors begin to fight among themselves. This takes place over a few days every February or March, depending on the date of Easter, also known as lo'il in Tojol-ab'al and carnaval in Spanish. The recording is made in Tojol-ab'al. The investigators/producers were 017 and 022. It was produced in the Tojol-ab'al community Ingeniero Gonzales de León, Municipio de Las Margaritas, Chiapas, México. |
| Genres | Commentary Ceremony |
| Source Note | 035_2003_03_29_023-024_IGL |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Jiménez Jiménez, Ramón (Researcher) Furbee, N. Louanna (Researcher) García Hernández, Ricardo (Speaker) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |
Media Files
There are 4 objects in this resource| Object | File Types | Access Level |
|---|---|---|
| TOJ003R003I001.mp3 | audio/mp3 | 4 |
| TOJ003R003I001.pdf | application/pdf | 4 |
| TOJ003R003I001.wav | 4 | |
| TOJ003R003I101.pdf | application/pdf | 4 |
