Tajimoltik : Five days without name = Cinq jours sans nom

Publication/Creation:

Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [199-?]

Resource Type:

Video or Visual Material

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Tajimoltik : Five days without name = Cinq jours sans nom / Okexnon Productions ; a film by Claudine Viallon and Georges Payrastre

Series Titles:

Academic Video Online

Variant Titles:

Cinq jours sans nom
Five days without name

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Chanteau, Michel
Payrastre, Georges
Viallon, Claudine
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Okexnon Productions

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Holy Week--Mexico
Tzotzil calendar
Tzotzil Indians--Religion
Tzotzil Indians--Rites and ceremonies

Description/Summary

Summary:

Depicts the celebration of a special part of the ancient Tzotzil calendar known as "the days without name," which coincides with Holy Week. Shows the combined elements from Spanish Catholicism and traditional Tzotzil rituals. Reflections on the meaning of the colorful events are offered by the French priest Michel Chanteau.

Language:

English
French
Mayan languages

Language Note:

English narration; some French with English translation; some Tzotzil songs.

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (1 streaming video (30 min.))

General Note:

"This film is dedicated to Michel Chanteau."
Documentary.

Date/Time and Place of an Event:

Originally produced as a documentary motion picture in 1977 and released in 1978.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937333570702486

OCLC Number:

649690810