Conversation with elders of the village of San Luis, Villa Las Rosas

Conversación con ancianos del paraje San Luis, Villa Las Rosas

Object Details

Subject LanguageTzeltal
Language PID(s)ailla:119666
Title [Indigenous]k'op a'yej sok mamaletik ta San Luis
Language of Indigenous Titletzh
TitleConversation with elders of the village of San Luis, Villa Las Rosas
Language CommunityVilla Las Rosas
Country(ies)Mexico
Place CreatedVilla Las Rosas, Chiapas
Date Created2009-07-05
Description [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Description
DescriptionThis film was made in the countryside around San Luis, of the municipality of Villa las Rosas. Teacher Inocencio, a native of this municipality, brought us to this place; but also, as members of the CIESAS Tseltal project, we had an interest in understanding this place because we had come to realize that this commons was now the only place where fathers and sons speak the Tseltal language. On arrival, two elders met us, but later some other elders joined the conversation, members of the San Luis community. During the course of the conversation, they touched on many themes; for example, they talked about the foundation of the commons, some 35 or 40 years ago. Similarly, they commented on how once there were only eleven families in the community, of whom only eight were considered communitarians. In the same fashion, they said that to resolve communal problems they had to go to the seat at Villa las Rosas, to obtain a solution to agrarian problems. However, observe that this commune (common land) is adapted by Tseltals of the municipality who have now been designated, but there are also three families proceeding from Tenejapa. At the end of the film, they recount a legend about the character Juan Wico.
GenresConversation
Ethnography
History
Source Note090705_Villa_las_Rosas_San_Luis
References
Contributor(s) Individual / RolePolian, Gilles (Researcher)
Gómez Pérez, Alberto (Researcher)
Contributor(s) Corporate / Role

Media Files

There are 20 objects in this resource
ObjectFile TypesAccess Level
TZH006R042I001.eaftext/x-eaf+xml1
TZH006R042I002.eaftext/x-eaf+xml1
TZH006R042I003.eaftext/x-eaf+xml1
TZH006R042I004.eaftext/x-eaf+xml1
TZH006R042I001.mp3audio/mp31
TZH006R042I002.mp3audio/mp31
TZH006R042I003.mp3audio/mp31
TZH006R042I004.mp3audio/mp31
TZH006R042I001.wav1
TZH006R042I002.wav1
TZH006R042I003.wav1
TZH006R042I004.wav1
TZH006R042I001.mp4video/mp41
TZH006R042I001.mpg1
TZH006R042I002.mp4video/mp41
TZH006R042I002.mpg1
TZH006R042I003.mp4video/mp41
TZH006R042I003.mpg1
TZH006R042I004.mp4video/mp41
TZH006R042I004.mpg1

Details