ELECTORAL RITUALS IN A COMMUNITY TEENEK OF THE HUASTECA POTOSINA, MÉXICO

Abstract

The system charges in Tamapatz, a Teenek community of the Huasteca potosina, in Mexico, is characterized by a set of prescriptive and repetitive acts that enable their mobilization and continuous reworking. The leaders of the system not only need the approval of their peers, they also require validation of the gods, which will give them protection and support during his management. For this to happen requires a series of requests and offerings that are configured as negotiation devices throughout and beyond the political process, which will be analyzed taking as a starting point the ethnographic method.

Keywords

• charges system
• assembly
• custom
• elections
• ritual
• offering.