Niños mayos

Movimientos, danza y formas de apropiación de las prácticas festivas

Abstract

The article inquires on the complex processes and cultural experiences of the indigenous peoples that are expressed on the practice of their celebrations. It describes the indigenous social organization and the Sinaloa Yoreme Mayo festive cycle. It focuses on the Mayo children, on the different languages they use at school and during the Lent festivity. It shows what they do, how they make of their own the festivity and dances, how they relate to adults and how the festivity is a formative experience to the children. The closing implies a debate: children practice an inevitable negotiation between school and their own knowledge, practices and languages. The author establishes a discussion with certain psicopedagogical perspectives on the childhood and she emphasizes on the search of other theoretical trends and in the record of the childish socio cultural knowledge processes in particular contexts.