OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI614855

Metadata
Title:		How the people of the community lived before (before machines)
		0185-How the people of the community lived before (before machines)
		Documentation of Zenzontepec Chatino language and culture
Contributor:		MHR
Coverage:		Mexico
Date:		2010-02-26
Description:		This text is a description of traditional cultural practices and knowledge about the environment. Before the appearance of machines and modern technology, people used signals in the environment to guide them in many ways. First, ERH explains how people read signs and clues given from plants and animals that would tell them when the rainy season would begin, how consistent it would be, and when a dry spell was coming. Other signs would tell them how the corn harvest would be and where good places to plant chilies were. At 13:38 he relates a story of three scientists traveling in the region who ask for a place to sleep. A Chatino woman offers them lodging and feeds them. She tells them to sleep inside because it is going to rain. They sleep outside because the weather report says it won't rain. They get wet. ERH then explains how people told time using the sun by day and the stars at night. Then he explains how houses used to be made from wood, grass, and vines. He details how locations were chosen, how the house was built in steps with free help from other community members, how the natural spirits were appeased, and how thanks was given to the help. He then talks about traditional clean food and contrasts it with junk food coming in from outside now. He talks about ropemaking and going to festivals and how these have changed. He then discusses how it is good that this knowledge is being documented and archived. This text is very rich and profound in terms of grammar, lexicon, and content. Audio duration [00:41:45]
		Language_Name: Chatino, Zenzontepec Language_Region: Central America & Caribbean Language_Country: Mexico Project_Status: Complete Year: 2009 Start_Date: 2010-01-21 End_Date: 2012-01-31
Format:		audio/x-wav
		text/x-eaf+xml
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI614855
		IGS0080
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI614855%23
Publisher:		Eric Campbell
		University of Texas, Austin
Subject:		Description
		Undetermined language
		Zenzontepec Chatino
		Spanish language
Subject (ISO639):		und
		spa
Type:		Audio
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI614855
DateStamp:		2016-09-28
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Search Info
Citation:		MHR. 2010-02-26. Eric Campbell.
Terms:		area_Europe country_ES iso639_spa iso639_und
Inferred Metadata
Country:		Spain
Area:		Europe