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2004 | Color | 36 min

The Song of Our Land The musicians of Zinacantán in Chiapas not only enliven festivities, but also act as ritual guides or ?orchestra conductors? who direct all the different stages of the ceremony. Their music is the vehicle ?fuelled by pox (a traditional local liquor) and the saints? for a communion with God? the Gods


Country: México
Direction: López; Pedro Daniel
Script: López; Pedro Daniel
Production: López Sántiz; Antonio, Martínez Martínez; Damián
Photography: López; Pedro Daniel
Sound: López; David
Music: Músicos Tradicionales de Zinacantán;
Cast:Comunidad De Zinacantán; La, Pérez; José, López Hernández; Mariano
Art direction: López Pérez; Manuel
Participation year at FICM: 2005

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