The Change of Authorities
El cambio de autoridades
Object Details
| Subject Language | Chatino, Eastern San Juan Quiahije |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119602 |
| Title [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Title | |
| Title | The Change of Authorities |
| Language Community | San Juan Quiahije, Oaxaca |
| Country(ies) | Mexico |
| Place Created | San Juan Quiahije, Oaxaca |
| Date Created | 2009-12-31 |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | The information in this resource documents the ceremony of the changing of the local traditional authorities in San Juan Quiahije. This ceremony began at night on December 31, 2009 and culminated at noon on January 1, 2010. These events take place at the city hall in San Juan which is located in the main square of town. Some of these recording document prayers conducted by the authorities and their families at the church and several other spiritual points in San Juan such as the local cemetery. There are recording of community guards, ne74 skan4, and other community members, nte14 kchin1 at the porch of the city hall in San Juan. There is a conversation inside the city hall with higher ranking authorities, a conversation with higher ranking authorities about the ritual places where they place the candles when they go pray, and the last prayer by two head elders conduct in the main altar of city hall. They are Wenceslao Cruz Cortés and Evencio Cruz Apolonio. Evencio was the head judge and Wenceslao the head elder. This is the last post that Wenceslao will ever serve at city hall. Wenceslao will now transition to be part of Consejo of Elders in the community. They both served their post for a year. Wenceslao and the other authorities pray at the catholic church. There are prayers inside the church, a recording outside the city hall, a recording of us preparing to record the ceremony of the changing of the authorities, ambiente noise, and recordings outside the city hall. The actual ceremony of the changing of the authorities, including a speech by Wenceslao is found along with a conversacion between head elders and former authorities, and a recording of the inaguration of new authorities. Finally there is a conversation between elders and lower ranking authorities. The elder Eligio Vásquez asked them to speak. |
| Genres | Oratory Ceremony |
| Source Note | SJQ-2009_12_31-Txt_CA_various-hc |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Cruz Cortés, Wenceslao (Speaker) Cruz Apolonio, Evencio (Speaker) Cruz, Hilaria (Researcher) Hou, Lynn (Researcher) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role | Chatino Language Documentation Project (Researcher) |
