{"id":1601,"date":"2015-07-19T14:40:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T14:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.americanlinguistics.org\/?page_id=1601"},"modified":"2020-08-28T16:40:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T16:40:08","slug":"sjq-chatino","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.americanlinguistics.org\/?page_id=1601","title":{"rendered":"San Juan Quiahije Chatino"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[IJAL Texts On-Line, vol. 1, number 1, August 2015]<\/div>\n
LA\u2074\u00b2 QIN\u2074 KCHIN\u2074 \u2018Prayer for the Community\u2019<\/div>\n
recited by Sim\u00f3n Zurita Cruz<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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Hilaria Cruz<\/div>\n
University of Kentucky<\/div>\n
This text is a prayer in San Juan Quiahije Chatino (SJQ) recited by city hall officials and elders in their official capacity as representatives of the community. It was recited by Sim\u00f3n Zurita Cruz, a member of the elder\u2019s council, at 5:00 a.m., on June 24, 2009, in the Catholic Church in San Juan Quiahije. The recording of this prayer took place as the event transpired. The recitation was performed in the presence of municipal officials, elders, and community members.<\/div>\n
As is the case with all the prayers conducted by elders and officials in the city hall of San Juan Quiahije, a group of city hall envoys paid a visit to selected elders of the community, including Sim\u00f3n Zurita Cruz, the night before, inviting them to join the municipal officials in carrying out the Prayers for the Community. The elders who agree to accompany the authorities are instructed to come to the city hall at around 4:15 a.m. to begin the event. A total of six elders participated in this ceremony. The elders began to arrive at city hall at 4:00 a.m. At 5:00 a.m., the group walked together from the city hall to the church. Upon arriving at the doorstep of the church, they all knelt and crossed themselves. The officials and the elders then proceeded to walk on their knees to the main altar with their offerings (candles, flowers, leaves, and water) in their hands, saying this prayer aloud. The supplicants walked on their knees for approximately three to four minutes to reach the main altar.<\/div>\n
Zurita Cruz\u2019s prayer is one of several prayers that were recited on this particular occasion. In order to record Zurita Cruz, the author knelt next to him and recorded the prayer on the way to the main altar. At 6:00 a.m., upon completion of the prayers, everyone returned to city hall for coffee and bread.<\/div>\n
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