Zum Film - Produktion: Thomas John, 2013, Konzept: Slajem Kóp & Thomas John

Zum Thema:

http://www.lai.fu-berlin.de/homepages/john/Dissertationsprojekt/index.html

"Dialecto" is a song by the Hip Hip Band Sjajem Kóp. This is the only song of Slajem Kóp which has lyrics not only in Tzotzil, but also in Spanish. The lyrics treat the discrimination of indigenous languages in Mexico. The band mixes traditional melodies and local topics with Hip Hop. Usually the rap only in Tzotzil. Whereas the elders of their village have been previously suspicious about mixing modern "western" music genres with "traditional" culture and local sacred melodies, they did finally accept the band and even appreciate it as a cultural bearer.  

Location is Chiapas. Chiapas is the southern most state of Mexico, location of several contemporary Mayan groups and other so-called 'indigenous' societies.
Broader research interest have been indigenous artists & media-producers, and their role of establishing and articulating own modernities and young indigenous contemporaneities. 

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