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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| 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 |
| 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. |
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