THE FLOWER MOUNTAIN (NAMANDÍ) IN THE FLOREROS RITUAL LANDSCAPE

During the Winter Soltice, the floreros travel from Chiapa de Corzo to highland Chiapas in order to collect niluyarilo flowers, a kind of bromeliads, for the building of a nativity scene for Niño Florero, a Baby Jesus representation. In Navenchauc, Zinacantan, the Flower Mountain is used as a meetin...

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Autor: Palacios Gama, Yolanda
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS
Repositorio:Revista Espacio I+D Innovación más Desarrollo
Idioma:español
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.espacioimasd.unach.mx:article/122
Acceso en línea:https://www.espacioimasd.unach.mx/index.php/Inicio/article/view/122
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Paisaje ritual
Memoria
Floreros
Montaña
ritual landscape
memorial
floreros
mountain
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Sumario:During the Winter Soltice, the floreros travel from Chiapa de Corzo to highland Chiapas in order to collect niluyarilo flowers, a kind of bromeliads, for the building of a nativity scene for Niño Florero, a Baby Jesus representation. In Navenchauc, Zinacantan, the Flower Mountain is used as a meeting point for the initiated floreros. It is a study about the relevance of memorial and ritual landscape for the understanding of one of the sacred places of this ritual, as it is mountain, with prominent anthropological, historical and social implications.