Le pèlerinage des indiens Tojolabal (Chiapas-Mexique) à San Mateo Ixtatan (Guatemala), rite agricole et relations interethniques

This article analyzes a transborder pilgrimage, annually carried out by Tojolabal Maya populations of Mexico to Guatemala. Beyond the veneration of a god of the rain and an agricultural rite necessary to the survival of these populations of farmers, this group built or rather rebuilt its identity on...

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Main Author: Carine Chavarochette
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Université Paris 3 2003-12-01
Series:Cahiers des Amériques Latines
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cal/7383
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Le pèlerinage des indiens Tojolabal (Chiapas-Mexique) à San Mateo Ixtatan (Guatemala), rite agricole et relations interethniques
Cahiers des Amériques Latines
border
identity
Mexico
Guatemala
Mayas
pilgrimage
title Le pèlerinage des indiens Tojolabal (Chiapas-Mexique) à San Mateo Ixtatan (Guatemala), rite agricole et relations interethniques
title_full Le pèlerinage des indiens Tojolabal (Chiapas-Mexique) à San Mateo Ixtatan (Guatemala), rite agricole et relations interethniques
title_fullStr Le pèlerinage des indiens Tojolabal (Chiapas-Mexique) à San Mateo Ixtatan (Guatemala), rite agricole et relations interethniques
title_full_unstemmed Le pèlerinage des indiens Tojolabal (Chiapas-Mexique) à San Mateo Ixtatan (Guatemala), rite agricole et relations interethniques
title_short Le pèlerinage des indiens Tojolabal (Chiapas-Mexique) à San Mateo Ixtatan (Guatemala), rite agricole et relations interethniques
title_sort le pelerinage des indiens tojolabal chiapas mexique a san mateo ixtatan guatemala rite agricole et relations interethniques
topic border
identity
Mexico
Guatemala
Mayas
pilgrimage
url https://journals.openedition.org/cal/7383
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