Revendiquer le patrimoine archéologique par le rituel : la cérémonie pan-maya du fuego sagrado dans le Petén et le Quintana Roo

Archaeological sites are places that allow different social and political uses of the past. This is particularly true in areas where the remains of ancient cities are subject to negotiations between national, local and/or ethnic identities. In this paper I focus on ceremonies celebrated in Maya site...

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Main Author: Mathieu Picas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2022-07-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/20655
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Summary:Archaeological sites are places that allow different social and political uses of the past. This is particularly true in areas where the remains of ancient cities are subject to negotiations between national, local and/or ethnic identities. In this paper I focus on ceremonies celebrated in Maya sites by actors who attach social and ritual values to them in the present, in opposition to their hegemonic uses and valorizations. I analyze the relocation of the fuego sagrado ceremony into archaeological sites as a counter-power action which suggests the existence of a transnational Maya territory and evokes a cultural resistance against colonialism. This study is particularly interested in the appropriation and adaptation of this ceremony in the Yucatan Peninsula, specifically in the Guatemalan department of Petén and in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, from the 1990s to the present day.
ISSN:0037-9174
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