Description
Anthropologists―in addition to the Yaquis and among the other indigenous peoples of Mexico and of Latin The usa typically―have recognized the intense and penetrating symbolism which is ritualized within the Easter dramas. This book is concerning the role of the Easter rituals within the Yaqui way of living in both Arizona and Sonora. It incorporates detailed ethnographic descriptions of these ceremonies. Contents: Preface; PART I: Introduction; Lent and Semana Santa in Northwestern Mexico and Southwestern United States; Semana Santa; PART II: Variations in Holy Week Ceremonies; Holy Week in Potam; Yaqui Holy Week: Potam, Rio Yaqui, and Pascua, Arizona, When compared; Some Notes on European Liturgical Drama and the Cahitan Semanas Santas; The Chapayeka Complex: Change and Persistence of Forms; Waehma: Space, Time, Identity, and Theater at New Pascula, Arizona; Easter, Keruk, and Wigita; The Jupare Mayo Easter Ceremonial; Lenten Ceremonials in Two Villages of the Mayo Valley; An Opata Holy Week Ceremonial Complex; Semana Santa Rituals and Modernization: Cultural Continuity and Change in Meresichic (Marobavi) Sonora, Mexico, 1955-1985; Tohono O’Odham (Papago) Easter within the Baboquivari District; Raramuri Easter; Tarahumara Easter Ceremonialism and the Mesoamerican Civil Religious Hierarchy; The Holy Days A few of the Coras of Jesus Maria; Bivak: Semana Santa A few of the Huichol of San Andres Cohamiata; PART III: Conclusions.