Delivering clothes to the Angel of Banabil
Entrega de ropa al Ángel de Banabil
Object Details
Subject Language | Tzeltal |
Language PID(s) | ailla:119666 |
Title [Indigenous] | Xoch kuil yuun jalametik ta Banabil |
Language of Indigenous Title | tzh |
Title | Delivering clothes to the Angel of Banabil |
Language Community | Tseltal de Tenejapa |
Country(ies) | Mexico |
Place Created | Tenejapa, Chiapas |
Date Created | 2008-06-16 |
Description [Indigenous] | |
Language of Indigenous Description | |
Description | This recording documents the delivery of clothes to the Angel of the spring of Banabil. Present are the chiefs, ts'unojel (prayerman), tij winiketik (vouchers) and martomaetik (godfathers.) Those who pray are the chiefs, the others, they shoot of fireworks, trade drinks, others play traditional music. After praying, they dance carrying the angel's clothes, accompanied by traditional music. Then they go to the spring, pray a while, later they return, they go in to the church which is beside the lake. Inside the church, they begin to make the offerings, which are candles. Men and women sort all the offerings. After sorting the offerings, they begin to open the clothing that they are going to give to the angel. Later they begin to pray in a circle, while the clothes are open, beginning to sprinkle them with incense. Later they pack up the clothes for the angel, and everyone begins to dance. The clothes are in the hands of Sra. Micaela Méndez Guzmán who is a seamstress. They leave the church, now they're going to deliver the clothes. Arriving, they begin to dance, all the people accompanied by traditional music. Later they perform the delivery of the clothes, accompanied by music, with prayers, and lighting of rockets. In the last part, they return to the spring and later they come back to enter into the church in the same place, to give thanks to the Angle for the delivery of the clothes, they finish with prayers, dances accompanied by traditional music. |
Genres | Ceremony Conversation Instrumental music Prayer |
Source Note | 080616_Tenejapa_xoch_kuil_yuun_jalametik_ta_Banabil |
References | |
Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Polian, Gilles (Researcher) Méndez Girón, Juan (Researcher) Sántiz Girón, Antonia (Researcher) |
Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |