Conversations with Sirenia Sierra

Conversaciones con Sirenia Sierra

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Subject LanguageChatino, Eastern, Santa Lucía Teotepec
Language PID(s)ailla:119701
Title [Indigenous]Mda-E cha7-F 7o-E Sirenia
Language of Indigenous Titlecya
TitleConversations with Sirenia Sierra
Language CommunitySanta Lucía Teotepec
Country(ies)Mexico
Place CreatedSanta Lucía Teotepec
Date Created2011-08-31
Description [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Description
DescriptionThis bundle consist of seven texts: 1) the work of cotton cultivation, weaving and the processing of the cotton to make thread and the things that could be made with this material, 2) an autobiographical note about the life of Sirenia. She talks about weaving and different kinds of craft work of making things from clay, 3) a description about the different kinds of work her ancestors did in place of attending school and why young women were married very young, 4) further discussion about community ancestors, the work they did with cotton and the things that were given at a wedding, for the holy week and Easter, 5) A discussion about where people would get the things they needed, how much people suffered before and where she lived before with her parents, 6) Sirenia discusses the worked carried out by men before, the kinds of work that Sirenia did and the kinds of things mothers would teach their children. She also talked about the things people would eat and drink during community events, 7) Sirenia talked about the home economy with the addition of young women into the family through marriage. She talked about the work of midwifery and why people have stopped weaving. At the end Reginaldo thanks Señora Sirenia for sharing her knowledge.


This event was recorded outside in the patio of Señora Sirenia's house. We used the Tascam HD-P2 Solid state field recorder and Shure SM10A Head-worn microphones. We made an additional recording with the Edirol R-09HR hand held field recorder. The texts were transcribed based on the Tascam recording with the left and right channels separated for each speaker. The Edirol recording provides a good impression of the environment and its surroundings.
GenresInterview
History
Ethnography
Conversation
Source NoteTEO-2011_08_31-txt-SS-RQF-jdm
References
Contributor(s) Individual / RoleMcIntosh, Justin (Researcher)
Contributor(s) Corporate / Role

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