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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Bibliographic Details
Author: Palacios Gama, Yolanda
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS
Repository:Revista Espacio I+D Innovación más Desarrollo
Language:Spanish
English
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.espacioimasd.unach.mx:article/122
Online Access:https://www.espacioimasd.unach.mx/index.php/Inicio/article/view/122
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Paisaje ritual
Memoria
Floreros
Montaña
ritual landscape
memorial
floreros
mountain
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Summary: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.