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MÁATAN K'OL: LA FLEXIBILIDAD EN EL RITUAL.
- Source :
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Estudios de Cultura Maya . 2009, Vol. 34, p145-165. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- In the present work is described and analyzed the máatan k'ol, an agricultural and collective ritual realized in the municipality of Santa Elena, in the south of Yucatán. The presence of a woman as the ritual specialist, the objectives of the ritual and the sacrifice are emphasized as key elements in order to understand the changes and transformations in this type of rituals; without loosing the idea that in the Maya cosmos view, the forest, the milpa and the ranch are masculine spaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *RITUAL
*RITES & ceremonies
*RITUALISM
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Details
- Language :
- Spanish
- ISSN :
- 01852574
- Volume :
- 34
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Estudios de Cultura Maya
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 62006291