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Introduction | |
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Some Problems in Decoding Ritual Symbols | |
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Ritual as a Communications System | |
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Ritual as a Meaning System | |
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On Binary Oppositions | |
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Zinacanteco Cosmology and Socioreligious Organization | |
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The Life Cycle | |
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Social Organization | |
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Religious Organization | |
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Recurring Episodes in Zinacanteco Ritual | |
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A Matrix of Binary Discriminations | |
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Focal Symbolic Action in Ritual Episodes | |
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House and Field Rituals | |
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House and Field Ceremonies as Rituals of Repayment | |
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House and Field as Models of the Universe | |
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House and Field Rituals as Symbols of Social Order | |
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Rituals of Affliction: Description | |
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The Great Seeing Ceremony | |
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Rituals of Affliction: Interpretations | |
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The Corral-Bed | |
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Ritual Plants as Metaphors | |
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The Sacrificial Chickens | |
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Maize Divination and Calling the Lost Soul | |
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Waterhole and Lineage Rituals | |
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Variations in the K'IN KRUS Rituals | |
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Interpretations of K'IN KRUS Rituals | |
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Some Recurring Cargo Rituals | |
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The Flower Renewal Ritual | |
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The Ritual Counting of the Saints' Necklaces | |
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Change-of-Office Rituals | |
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Structural and Temporal Symbols in the Cargo Rituals | |
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End-of-the-Year/New-Year Cargo Ceremonies I | |
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MIXATIK (Masses) | |
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The Posada (Inn) Ceremony | |
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Building the Creche | |
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The Drama of Ritual Aggression | |
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The Birth of the Christ Children | |
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Christmas Day and the Spinning Lesson | |
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New Year's Day | |
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Epiphany | |
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End-of-the-Year/New-Year Cargo Ceremonies II | |
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Ritual Impersonators | |
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Props | |
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Schedule of Events | |
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Unique Features of the Fiesta | |
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Transfer of Sacred Objects of Office | |
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Comments on the Fiesta of San Sebastian | |
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Interpretations of End-of-Year/New-Year Ceremonies | |
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Year Renewal Rituals | |
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The Ritual in the Center | |
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Variations and Interpretations | |
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Some Dynamics of Change in Zinacanteco Ritual | |
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Trends, 1942-1972 | |
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Nativistic Reactions in Contemporary Zinacantan | |
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Symbols in Zinacanteco Culture | |
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Appendix I: Tzotzil Phonemes | |
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Appendix II: Harvard Chiapas Project Field Workers, 1969-1975 | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |