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Tajimoltik : Five days without name = Cinq jours sans nom / Okexnon Productions ; a film by Claudine Viallon and Georges Payrastre.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- French
- Mayan languages
- Subjects (All):
- Holy Week--Mexico.
- Holy Week.
- Tzotzil calendar.
- Tzotzil Indians--Religion.
- Tzotzil Indians.
- Tzotzil Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 streaming video (30 min.))
- Other Title:
- Cinq jours sans nom
- Five days without name
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [199-?]
- Language Note:
- English narration; some French with English translation; some Tzotzil songs.
- Summary:
- Depicts the celebration of a special part of the ancient Tzotzil calendar known as "the days without name," which coincides with Holy Week. Shows the combined elements from Spanish Catholicism and traditional Tzotzil rituals. Reflections on the meaning of the colorful events are offered by the French priest Michel Chanteau.
- Notes:
- "This film is dedicated to Michel Chanteau."
- Documentary.
- Originally produced as a documentary motion picture in 1977 and released in 1978.
- American Film Festival finalist
- OCLC:
- 649690810
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