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Memory, Mimesis, and Narrative in the K'iche' Mayan Serpent Dance of Joyabaj, Guatemala

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2009

Maury Hutcheson
Maury Hutcheson
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Anthropology, Virginia Commonwealth University
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It seemed to me a simple question. “What happens in this dance-drama? What is the storyline, the narrative?” I am met by puzzlement. The dancer explains that each such dance has its own set of instruments, its own special costumes and masks. For this one they use a simple, one-man marimba and the costumes come from the nearby town of Chichicastenango.

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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 51 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 865 - 895
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 2009

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