El desentierro del Diablo | Carnaval De Jujuy — Transcript

Full transcript

1. 0:02A sound of bells behind the hills announces the awakening of mystical beings
2. 0:07who come out to celebrate their carnival.
3. 0:10A ceremony of gratitude to the earth at harvest time,
4. 0:15the so-called children of the sun reflect its rays in mirrors,
5. 0:18which in turn reflect the soul of whoever looks through them.
6. 0:23The honor to his mother, to his pacha,
7. 0:26is manifested in dances and songs of old anatas sonars.
8. 0:30In his face as Pujllay, the carnival devil, hides the identity of the promiser
9. 0:36who these days seeks to amuse the people and brighten up the streets with his colorful costumes,
10. 0:42and at the end of the holidays return to his burial,
11. 0:45to rest between ravines until the other carnival
12. 0:56History takes us back to Jujuy, Argentina,
13. 1:00a landscape from another planet together with authentic customs
14. 1:03that have characterized its people for a long time.
15. 1:06Introduced by the Spanish to the Americas, carnival merged with native rituals
16. 1:11aimed at fertility and honoring the Mother Earth deity, Pachamama.
17. 1:19Between the mountains, we arrived at the first town
18. 1:21where we were going to begin to experience the energy of the carnival,
19. 1:24Purmamarca.
20. 1:27Its name derives from the Aymara words "Purma", field in the desert, and "marca", town.
21. 1:32Although desert in that language also means land unexplored by man,
22. 1:37for this reason the best translation in this language would be "village of virgin land".
23. 1:42Well, and we came to eat some good tortillas,
24. 1:47spectacular, a crack
25. 1:49-Delicious
26. 1:51Following the sound of the drums,
27. 1:53we find ourselves with one of the festivities prior to the carnival, Thursday of comadres.
28. 2:00On comadres Thursday we la chaya del mojón, a previous to what is carnival,
29. 2:03women leave their houses, celebrate, rejoice and claim their autonomy.
30. 2:26Well, now we are in Tilcara, more or less 26 km from Purmamarca,
31. 2:29where we are going to be building the base for this carnival.
32. 2:32This place is one of the epicenters where there is a party practically every day, and it does not stop.
33. 2:43Now we are going to Humahuaca to witness one of the carnivals,
34. 2:47one of the most authentic carnival unearths in the area,
35. 2:50we are going to do it together with the copleros from 1800.
36. 2:54Carnival for us is a joy, it is a thank you to Mother Earth,
37. 2:58in this crew we pay homage to Pachamama
38. 3:02because now we are going to bring the offerings and we are going to offer Mother Earth
39. 3:06and thank her for what we are going to harvest.
40. 3:10We celebrate the carnival of abundance, which in Quechua would be the "Cápac Raymi".
41. 3:15All the people, the crops that they are harvesting at this time
42. 3:18and now at this moment in the Quebrada,
43. 3:20the people turn it into food and offer it to Mother Earth.
44. 3:30The grandparents have said, we must honor Pachamama,
45. 3:34we must be grateful for everything she gives us, and we must respect her above all,
46. 3:38not harm the planet,
47. 3:40not pollute the environment,
48. 3:43the earth must be healthy like us
49. 3:45so that it can continue to live and strengthening us,
50. 3:49because she gives us life, she feeds us,
51. 3:53and without her there would be nothing in this country,
52. 3:58the producers are owed to her, to Mother Earth,
53. 4:01and today we are going to honor her and we are going to bring out the happiness.
54. 4:19-Pachamama, always help me
55. 4:27-This is a dove, do you know what this means?
56. 4:29We do it so that they fly in the carnival, so that they have fun, joy.
57. 4:37Many times we are frugal people, saying little,
58. 4:42but we express it in our singing,
59. 4:46when I sing a copla, I always look for my old woman, my old man,
60. 4:51my grandmother who listened to it as a child,
61. 4:54and that was our game,
62. 4:56the dialect that we had with our mother, father,
63. 4:59even though they didn't give us much advice,
64. 5:01but through the copla they transmitted many things to us,
65. 5:05because they are wise couplets that tell many truths.
66. 5:30Well, now we are going to Cerro Negro, which would be the excavation of Maimará,
67. 5:35we are going to see another type of excavation,
68. 5:38and there are going to be devils, and there is going to be a lot of carnival and a lot of color,
69. 5:41so it is going to be quite interesting.
70. 5:50The Pujllay, carnival devil,
71. 5:53is the spirit that is unearthed at the beginning of the ceremony,
72. 5:56a small doll that represents the devil and symbolizes the sun.
73. 6:04For the locals, he is in charge of fertilizing the land each year.
74. 6:11When making a devil costume, one does it with a lot of feeling
75. 6:14and a lot of respect for Pacha.
76. 6:17And the costumes are made and worked with bells,
77. 6:21with sequins, with many mirrors.
78. 6:24You already hear a rattle and you know it's a devil.
79. 6:29I am totally another person,
80. 6:31totally another person,
81. 6:33the person who is under the mask, is a calm, serious person,
82. 6:37maybe he tells you some joke, but once he puts on the suit he is another person.
83. 6:43You go out for that, to have fun, to brighten up the party.
84. 7:15It doesn't matter if he's a lawyer, a doctor, a garbage man, those things don't matter,
85. 7:20here they come, they get together, they hug, they drink, they dance,
86. 7:25that's why a lot of people come,
87. 7:27they come, share with us, drink with us, dance with us,
88. 7:32that's it. the carnival.
89. 7:35In other words, thank life, thank the Earth,
90. 7:38all that spiritual well-being and that is what the Earth gives us,
91. 7:43I believe that the Earth is the most important thing we have.
92. 7:57I feel that La Pacha gave me a lot and continues to give me,
93. 7:59there are 365 days in which I honor it, respect it and obviously thank it.