Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec

sash

(Spanish) ciñidor

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun type of candle decorated with flowers

(Spanish) vela de concha

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun engagement

(Spanish) compromiso, gasto

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

formal red wrap-around skirt

(Spanish) enredo roja de gala

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

everyday wrap-around skirt

(Spanish) enredo del diario

parade that announces the festivity of the town

(Spanish) convite

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

the women who participate in the parade announcing the festivity of the town

(Spanish) las muchachas que participan en el convite

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

day of fiesta

(Spanish) dia de fiesta

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

baskets that women hold on their heads for the parade announcing the main festivity of the town

(Spanish) canasta de convite

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

phrase guests of the bride

(Spanish) invitados familia de la novia

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun gifts given during engagement from the groom (and his family) to the bride (and her family)

(Spanish) contentamiento

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun wedding

(Spanish) boda

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

shirt embroidered with flowers

(Spanish) blusa bordada de flores

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun 1. clay pot; pot; 2. piñata

(Spanish) 1. olla de barro; olla; 2. piñata

Speaker: Teresa Martínez Chavez

1. dancer in the dance of the feather; 2. dance of the feather

(Spanish) 1. danzante en la danza de la pluma; 2. la danza de la pluma

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

calenda (type of celebration)

(Spanish) calenda

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun party, celebration

(Spanish) fiesta, celebración

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

festival of the Mountain (Guelaguetza)

(Spanish) fiesta del Cerro (Guelaguetza)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

celebration of Santa Cruz, celebration of the Holy Cross

(Spanish) fiesta de la Santa Cruz

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

celebration of the dead

(Spanish) celebración de muertos

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Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

fiesta de la Preciosa Sangre

(Spanish) fiesta de la Preciosa Sangre

Speaker: Leonardo Martinez Sosa

celebration of the Nativity of Mary

(Spanish) fiesta de la Virgen de Natividad

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

celebration of the Virgin of the Rosary

(Spanish) fiesta de la Virgin del Rosario

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun birthday

(Spanish) cumpleaños

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

noun parade

(Spanish) convite

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

hairstyle with two braids

(Spanish) se peina de dos trenzas

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

they wear gold earrings (referring to women participating in the parade)

(Spanish) se ponen aretes de oro (en referencia a las mujeres que participan en el convite)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

the church bell rings

(Spanish) repica la campana de la iglesia

underskirt

(Spanish) refajo

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

the dancers of the feather dance are dancing

(Spanish) los danzantes de la danza de la pluma bailan

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

seco (a dish of bread and a piece of chocolate that you give to a widow or someone who did not come to a party)

(Spanish) seco (un plato de pan con una tablilla de chocolate que se da a alguien que no fue a una fiesta o a un viudo o viuda)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

day of wedding; fiesta; celebration

(Spanish) dia de boda; fiesta; celebracion

Speaker: Miguel Ángel Mendoza Bautista

noun huehuete (master of ceremonies, village protocol expert)

(Spanish) ahuehuete (maestro de ceremonia, experto del protocolo del pueblo)

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago

Holy Week

(Spanish) Semana Santa

Speaker: Leonardo Martinez Sosa

noun firework, tower of fireworks

(Spanish) castillo de cohete

Speaker: Janet Chávez Santiago