Research Catalog

Title

Sk'ak' alil anima etik = Días de Muertos en Zinacantán, Chiapas / María Eugenia Sánchez Santa Ana.

Author

Sánchez Santa Ana, María Eugenia

Publication

• Ciudad de México : INAH, 2019.
• ©2019.

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Additional Authors

• Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico), issuing body.
• Museo del Templo Mayor (Mexico City, Mexico), host institution.

Description

40 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Days of the Dead, which take place on November 1 and 2 in that municipality in the Los Altos region of Chiapas. In this belief system, the funeral and the first days of November have shared goals. One of them, turning the soul of a dead man, potentially destructive and evil, into a respectable ancestor figure through rituals in his honor. On the days of All Saints and Faithful Departed, this mission is reaffirmed: granting the deceased the status of ancestor, who visits his relatives to strengthen the social ties of the community beyond death. Contains photographic documentation.

Alternative Title

Días de Muertos en Zinacantán, Chiapas

Subject

• Tzotzil Indians > Zinacantán > Rites and ceremonies
• Indians of Mexico > Zinacantán > Social life and customs
• All Souls' Day > Zinacantán
• Zinacantán (Mexico) > Social life and customs

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition held from October 20 to November 3, 2019 at the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 39)

Language (note)

• In Spanish and Tzotzil.

Contents

Presentación -- Introducción -- Creencias en torno a la muerte -- Todo comienza con la muerte -- Cuando las anuma'etik regresan -- Conclusiones.

OCLC

• 1368207422
• SCSB-14473206

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries