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Ritual Songs of the Cora of West Mexico and the Hopi of the American Southwest: Shared Ideas Related to Maize Agriculture
Journal of the Southwest ( IF 0.1 ) Pub Date : 2018-01-01 , DOI: 10.1353/jsw.2018.0004
Dorothy K. Washburn , Sophia Fast

This paper presents a comparative study of the shared ideas voiced in ritual song texts created by two Uto-Aztecan-speaking cultural groups who follow a lifeway based on maize. The texts analyzed were collected at the turn of the 20th century among the Cora (Náyari) living in scattered rancherias in the Sierra del Nayar region of northwest Mexico and the Hopi (Hópìit) living in multistoried mesa-top pueblos in northern Arizona in the American Southwest. We focus on songs of the Cora sung by singers who accompany urraca dancers at mitote performances as well as songs of the Hopi sung by katsinas at katsina performances. The urracas and katsinas make their appearance in the communities as masked deities of rain. Our study will focus on whether and how the contents of these song texts voice a similar suite of beliefs and rituals related to rain and the growth of maize which sustain their similar corn lifeway.1 We have focused especially on native explanations of the underlying concepts and their symbolic presentation because these speakers are more attuned to the archaic and metaphoric nature of the song texts than non-native scholars (see Knab 1986:53). We first consider the available databases of ritual song texts and why song texts are a good source of cultural tradition. We then provide a basic overview of Cora and Hopi culture as it pertains to their cosmologies and ceremonial systems, specifically to the mitote and katsina performances.

中文翻译:

西墨西哥科拉族和美国西南部霍皮族的仪式歌曲:与玉米农业相关的共同理念

本文对遵循以玉米为基础的生活方式的两个说乌托邦-阿兹特克语的文化群体创作的仪式歌曲文本中表达的共同思想进行了比较研究。所分析的文本是在 20 世纪之交在墨西哥西北部 Sierra del Nayar 地区分散的牧场中的 Cora (Náyari) 和居住在美国亚利桑那州北部多层台面 pueblos 的 Hopi (Hópìit) 中收集的。西南。我们专注于在 mitote 表演中陪伴 urraca 舞者的歌手演唱的 Cora 歌曲以及 katsinas 在 katsina 表演中演唱的 Hopi 歌曲。urracas 和 katsinas 作为蒙面的雨神出现在社区中。我们的研究将侧重于这些歌曲文本的内容是否以及如何表达与雨水和玉米生长相关的类似信仰和仪式,这些信仰和仪式维持着类似的玉米生活方式。1 我们特别关注基本概念的本土解释和他们的象征性表现,因为这些演讲者比非本土学者更适应歌曲文本的古老和隐喻性质(见 Knab 1986:53)。我们首先考虑可用的仪式歌曲文本数据库以及为什么歌曲文本是文化传统的良好来源。然后,我们对 Cora 和 Hopi 文化进行了基本概述,因为它与它们的宇宙学和仪式系统有关,特别是与 mitote 和 katsina 表演有关。1 我们特别关注基本概念的本土解释及其象征性表现,因为这些说话者比非本土学者更适应歌曲文本的古老和隐喻性质(见 Knab 1986:53)。我们首先考虑可用的仪式歌曲文本数据库以及为什么歌曲文本是文化传统的良好来源。然后,我们对 Cora 和 Hopi 文化进行了基本概述,因为它与它们的宇宙观和仪式系统有关,特别是与 mitote 和 katsina 表演有关。1 我们特别关注基本概念的本土解释及其象征性表现,因为这些说话者比非本土学者更适应歌曲文本的古老和隐喻性质(见 Knab 1986:53)。我们首先考虑可用的仪式歌曲文本数据库以及为什么歌曲文本是文化传统的良好来源。然后,我们对 Cora 和 Hopi 文化进行了基本概述,因为它与它们的宇宙学和仪式系统有关,特别是与 mitote 和 katsina 表演有关。
更新日期:2018-01-01
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