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Tseltal Videos - Window Into My Community
Up one levelIn eight parts - Spanish videos highlighting life in a Tseltal community thought the eyes of a little girl.
- Part 1
- This segment introduces the video and is about the little girl's life, the objects used in everyday life, animals both wild and domestic, her traditional dress, etc
- Part 2
- About the annual fiesta in June in honor of San Juan in Guaquitepec
- Part 3
- About preparing special Tseltal dishes for celebrations
- Part 4
- About how food is shared during the fiesta
- Part 5
- About bicultural/bilingual secondary school in Guaquitepec, including how students learn traditional embroidery, weaving and sustainable agricultural techniques and worm composting
- Part 6
- About preparing a traditional drink and the story of the local myth of Takin Wits
- Part 7
- About the day before the fiesta of San Juan begins
- Part 8
- About the last day of the fiesta of San Juan, including a horse race and the initation of the new captains of next year's fiesta.