Joking interactions during visit of Junior Entertainers at house of Second Prefect
Interacciones en broma durante visita de Artistas Suborndinados en casa de Prefecto Segundo
Object Details
Subject Language | Tzotzil |
Language PID(s) | ailla:119665 |
Title [Indigenous] | |
Language of Indigenous Title | |
Title | Joking interactions during visit of Junior Entertainers at house of Second Prefect |
Language Community | San Lorenzo Zinacantán, Chiapas |
Country(ies) | Mexico |
Place Created | San Lorenzo Zinacantán, Chiapas |
Date Created | 1966-01-19 |
Description [Indigenous] | |
Language of Indigenous Description | |
Description | Many of the cargoholders change office on New Year's Day. The ones who have just left office reappear during the fiesta of Saint Sebastian (19-22 January). The ones on the lower levels of the cargo system (Stewards, Constables, and Ensign-Bearers) form a group known as the Junior Entertainers. Some of them are costumed as Blackmen, others as Lacandons, and still others as Spanish Mosses and Feathered Serpents. They visit the homes of the newly installed cargoholders during the fiesta, where they joke with each other and other people present in the houses (including the anthropologist). See Bricker (1973: Chapter 3) for a description of the ritual humor at this fiesta. |
Genres | Speech play |
Source Note | TAPE 4.A.1 |
References | |
Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Anonymous (Transcriber) Bricker, Victoria (Researcher) |
Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |