La Fiesta de Los Tastoanes: Critical Encounters in Mexican Festival Performance [Spanish]

by Olga Najera-Ramirez

This ethnography explores the Fiesta de los Tastoanes celebrated annually by the citizens of Jocotan, Mexico, an ancient indigenous community near Guadalajara. The pageantry symbolically re-enacts the Spanish conquest of Mexico through mock battles between Santiago, the patron saint of Spain, and the Tastoanes, the leaders of the indigenous resistance. Paradoxically, the Jocotenos also honour Santiago, their special protector, and incorporate both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 0826317952
• ISBN13: 9780826317957
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 187 Pages