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Tortillas for the gods : a symbolic analysis of Zinacanteco rituals / Evon Z. Vogt.

Title
Tortillas for the gods : a symbolic analysis of Zinacanteco rituals / Evon Z. Vogt.
Author
Vogt, Evon Zartman, 1918-
Publication
Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1976.

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xv, 234 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
For nearly 20 years, the author observed rituals in Zinacanteco society (Chiapas, Mexico). Those rituals organize life into a four stage cycle. Prestige (as determined by age and wealth) is also a factor. Specific rituals are only performed by higher-status individuals, such as elderly or wealthy men. Rituals are also often designed to alleviate the tensions between different classes as well as conflicting beliefs, such as tensions between Mayan and Christian traditions. Rituals dominate every aspect of the Zinacanteco society and are taken very seriously. Everything from the types of plants used in Rituals of Affliction (curing, medicinal rituals) to the color of the chickens that are sacrificed at the corners of a new house when it is built and dedicated are rigidly specified and controlled by tradition.
Subject
  • Indians of Mexico > Religion
  • Indians of Mexico > Rites and ceremonies
  • Tzotzil Indians > Religion
  • Tzotzil Indians > Rites and ceremonies
  • Zinacantán (Mexico) > Religion
  • Zinacantán (Mexico) > Religious life and customs
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 221-228.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Zinacanteco cosmology and socioreligious organization -- Recurring episodes in Zinacanteco ritual -- House and field rituals -- Rituals of affliction : description -- Rituals of affliction : interpretations -- Waterhole and lineage rituals -- Some recurring cargo rituals -- End-of-the-year/New-Year cargo ceremonies I -- End-of-the-year/New-Year cargo ceremonies II -- Year renewal rituals -- Some dynamic of change in Zinacanteco ritual -- Symbols in Zinacanteco culture.
ISBN
0674895541
LCCN
^^^75028470^//r78
OCLC
1637966
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library