Abstract

VASQUEZ GONZALEZ, Alicia Y.; CHAVEZ MEJIA, María C.; HERRERA TAPIA, Francisco  and  CARRENO MELENDEZ, Fermín. The xita celebration: a mazahua biocultural heritage of San Pedro el Alto, Mexico. Culturales [online]. 2016, vol.4, n.1, pp.199-228. ISSN 2448-539X.

The analysis of environmental and modernity crisis has resulted in the proposal of conserving worldwide cultural diversity by valuing it as cultural heritage. Thus, the close relationship between culture and biodiversity is seen as a living heritage, which is reflected on landscapes and territories of traditional peoples. This article focuses on the xita fiesta as the milpa biocultural heritage. It was an ethnographic study carried out in San Pedro el Alto, Mexico. The xita fiesta is part of the mazahua biocultural heritage, in which agrobiodiversity and culture are interwoven. The xita fiesta is a space for social and cultural reproduction of mazahuas.

Keywords : farmers; maize field; biocultural heritage; tangible culture; untangible culture.

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