Abstract

MARDONES CHARLONE, Pablo  and  FERNANDEZ, Francisca. Metropolitan celebration of the day of the dead Communalization/Community, festive memory and resistance in Buenos Aires and Santiago. LiminaR [online]. 2021, vol.19, n.2, pp.228-244.  Epub Sep 27, 2021. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.29043/liminar.v19i2.852.

This article compares the Day of the Dead celebration in the Flores Cemetery and neighborhoods of southwest Buenos Aires (Argentina) and the General Cemetery and Cerro Blanco in northern Santiago (Chile). In the former locale, those celebrating are Aymara, Qolla, and Quechua migrants from the central Andes; in the latter, they are urban mestizos who incorporate “Andean” practices as symbolic identity re-appropriation. From a perspective of an observant participant, we examine communalization/communality processes in the resignification of this celebration in both cities, focusing on interpretative-cultural repertoires used by different actors. We conclude that festive memories of resistance have been built by these practices, producing new feelings of belonging to each territory.

Keywords : Day of the Dead; communalization/communality; observant participation; interpretative-cultural repertoires; festive memory; resistance.

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