| Journal: | Península |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000325465 |
| ISSN: | 1870-5766 |
| Authors: | Piedrasanta Herrera, Ruth1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidad Rafael Landívar, Ciudad de Guatemala. Guatemala |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Volumen: | 1 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 67-78 |
| Country: | México |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico |
| Spanish abstract | Los maxtoles o maestros de coro son especialistas religiosos del pueblo chuj, cuya esfera de actividad se vincula particularmente con rituales funerarios. Este ensayo trata sobre ellos y el relevante poder religioso-sincrético que han construido durante siglos. Con tal fin se abordan algunas concepciones relativas a la muerte y las consideraciones que les merecen los difuntos a los dos pueblos chuj históricos: San Mateo Ixtatán y San Sebastián Coatán, municipio de Huehuetenango, Guatemala |
| English abstract | Among the Chuj people, the maxtoles or choir teachers are religious specialist whose activities are specially related to funerary rituals. This essay concerns the great syncretic-religious power that they had built through centuries. With this objective some conceptions about death and the consideration that deceased people deserved are reviewed in two historic chuj towns: San Mateo Ixtatán and San Sebastian Coatán |
| Disciplines: | Antropología |
| Keyword: | Etnología y antropología social, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Mayas, Coros, Ceremonias religiosas, Chuj, Muerte, Ritos funerarios |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
