Water festival Korochochil

Fiesta de agua Korochochil

Object Details

Subject LanguageTzeltal
Language PID(s)ailla:119666
Title [Indigenous]Skin ja ta Korochochil ja
Language of Indigenous Titletzh
TitleWater festival Korochochil
Language Community
Country(ies)Mexico
Place CreatedOxchuc, Chiapas
Date Created2008-05-03
Description [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Description
DescriptionThis video continues the documentation of the water festivals of Oxchuc (see also TZH003R033) . The ch'uy k'aal Alonso Sántiz López is left praying at the principal spring K'orochochil Ja' (Woodpecker Spring); the ch'uy k'aal Martín Gómez Sántiz went to pray at the spring called "Jol k'inalil ja'" (upper spring); another ch'uy k'aal Ricardo Rodríguez Sántiz went to pray at Ch’ixte’al ja’” (spring of the thicket).
GenresPrayer
Ceremony
Source Note080503_Oxchuc_skin_ja_ta_Korochochil_ja
References
Contributor(s) Individual / RolePolian, Gilles (Researcher)
Gómez K'ulub, Manuel (Speaker)
Méndez Girón, Juan (Researcher)
Gómez Sánchez, María (Researcher)
Sántiz Girón, Antonia (Researcher)
Contributor(s) Corporate / Role

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