Songs that make the road dance : courtship and fertility music of the Tz'utujil Maya

Songs that make the road dance : courtship and fertility music of the Tz'utujil Maya / Linda O'Brien-Rothe ; forewords by Allen J. Christenson and Sandra L. Orellana.

An important and previously unexplored body of esoteric ritual songs of the Tz'utujil Maya of Santiago Atitlán Guatemala, the "Songs of the Old Ones" are a central vehicle for the transmission of cultural norms of behavior and beliefs within this group of highland Maya. Ethnomusicolo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien-Rothe, Linda (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas.
Subjects:
Tzutuhil Indians > Music.
Tzutuhil Indians > Religion.
Tzutuhil Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Folk dance music > Guatemala.
Santiago Atitlán (Guatemala) > Religious life and customs.
Santiago Atitlán (Guatemala) > Social life and customs.
Music.
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Call Number: F1465.2.T9 O33 2015
Status: Available

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