Blessing the springs
Bendecir los manantiales
Object Details
| Subject Language | Tzeltal |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119666 |
| Title [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Title | |
| Title | Blessing the springs |
| Language Community | Tseltal de Bachajón |
| Country(ies) | Mexico |
| Place Created | Yulub Max, Bachajón, Chiapas |
| Date Created | 2008-05-03 |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | This video-recording was made at San Miguel ranch, Bachajón. Manuel Moreno (prayerman of Yulub Max, Bachajón) was invited to pray at the ranch San Miguel to bless the natural springs. 1. Manuel Moreno says the first prayer in the early hours of the first day of celebration in the courtyard of the house 2. a prayer is said and the sacrificed bullock continues to be sectioned. 3. Pedro Lopez (collaborator of the project) interviews Miguel (the ranch owner) and his children. 4. Pedro Lopez and Sandra Cruz (collaborators of the project) interview guests of the water celebration. We also see a prayer on the banks of a river. 5. the prayerman says a prayer on the banks of a river. 6. the prayerman says a prayer on the banks of a river, then there is the final prayer in the ranch barn. 7. the prayerman says the final prayer in the ranch barn, followed by an interview of don Miguel and his children 8. the prayerman says the final prayer in the ranch barn, followed by an interview of don Miguel’s family and the traditional musicians. |
| Genres | Ceremony Interview |
| Source Note | 080503_Bachajon_San_Miguel_skin_ja |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Polian, Gilles (Researcher) Cruz, Sandra (Researcher) López Gómez, Pedro (Researcher) Silvano, Anselmo (Researcher) Moreno Sáragos, Manuel (Speaker) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |
