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Tsontiajakatl
José González, an elderly musician, fights to preserve the Danza de las Varitas (stick dance) along with a group of local women.
18 min | Identity,Traditions | 2021
Synopsis
In the Nahua community of Zoquitipa in the Huasteca potosina, José González, an elderly musician, fights to preserve the Danza de las Varitas (stick dance) along with a group of local women as they struggle against ethnic discrimination inside and outside the municipality of Tamazunchale, and the loss of the Nahuatl language and traditions by the new generations who teach them to speak in Spanish.
Artistic and technic data
Year:
2021
Duration:
18 min
Production:
Bironga Films
Indigenous peoples:
Nahua
Geographic area:
Mexico
Language:
Spanish, Nahuatl
Subtitles:
Spanish
Subject:
Identity,Traditions
Genre(s):
Documentary
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