A Prayer Above a Deceased Person
Una Oración Encima de un Muerto
Object Details
| Subject Language | Ixil |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119533 |
| Title [Indigenous] | Natchkula'm tiib'aj Kamna'q |
| Language of Indigenous Title | ixl |
| Title | A Prayer Above a Deceased Person |
| Language Community | Chajul |
| Country(ies) | Guatemala |
| Place Created | Cementerio Nebaj, Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala |
| Date Created | 2016-11-02 |
| Description [Indigenous] | U yol nik ib’an u loq’ola ixoq tiib’aj vikamna’q, nik tale’ kam ni b’an vi’ vikamna’q, atz jab’il ni koj tiib’aj, atz nik tal inuqul uva’ kam sti’il nik ib’ane’, atz nik inatchk’ulan tiib’aj, tan alelkaj chij ta’n vib’aal tuch’ itxutx uva’ le’ b’en ikojaj atz la’ b’en taq’kaj va’l ikantela tul uva’ kamna’qich vete’ tul a’etze uva’ ni b’ane’, atz nik taq’ ta’n tiuxh ti’ u totzotz, vitx’ava’ ti’ u tx’aqa’m uva’ taq’kaj inq’a iq’esal stej. |
| Language of Indigenous Description | ixl |
| Description | The sacred words that this noble grandmother says above her deceased are explained: what she does on top, and why she is cleaning. Then she raises a prayer, because the parents told her before they died, that they had to keep vigil, and to leave candles of thanks over them when they are dead. And that is what the lady is doing, and she offers her thanks for the land and the house that her parents left her as an inheritance. |
| Genres | Ceremony |
| Source Note | IXIL-CJL-CER-MLI-2016-11-02-0052 |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Caba Mendoza, Pedro (Creator, Transcriber, Translator) Mateo Ramírez, Domingo (Creator) Laynez Ijom, Manuela (Speaker) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |
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| IXIL-CJL-CER-MLI-2016-11-02-0052.MOV | video/quicktime | 1 |
| IXIL-CJL-CER-MLI-2016-11-02-0052.WAV | audio/x-wav | 1 |
| IXIL-CJL-CER-MLI-2016-11-02-0052.eaf | application/xml | 1 |
