To the rhythm of the feast

Ethnography of festive communal cooking in Cusi Cusi (Puna of Jujuy, Argentina)

  • Jesica Carreras Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Instituto Interdisciplinario Tilcara - CONICET.
  • Laura Pey Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Keywords: Festive community cooking, Andean festivity, Cusi Cusi, Rhythm analysis, Puna de Jujuy

Abstract

In this paper we explore the web of social relations that are activated by the relationship between food and community celebration during the celebration of May 3, the patronal feast and founding anniversary of an Andean village (Cusi Cusi, Puna de Jujuy, Argentina). From a perspective versed in rhythmanalysis, we analyze the multiple rhythms that characterize both the planning and the preparation and serving of traditional dishes to hundreds of diners. These rhythms are marked by materialities, actors and symbologies typical of an extraordinary context. A polyrhythm where the civic character, on the one hand, and the religious or traditional Andean celebration, on the other, cohabit among protocols, expectations, reciprocities and resolution of unforeseen events.

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Author Biographies

Jesica Carreras, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Instituto Interdisciplinario Tilcara - CONICET.
Jesica Carreras es Doctora en Arqueología (UBA) y actualmente se desempeña como Becaria Posdoctoral de CONICET en el Instituto Interdisciplinario de Tilcara (FFyL, UBA).
Laura Pey, Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Becaria posdoctoral Conicet. Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Published
2023-05-03
How to Cite
Carreras, J., & Pey, L. (2023). To the rhythm of the feast. Cuadernos De antropología Social, (57), 111-129. https://doi.org/10.34096/cas.i57.12516
Section
Espacio Abierto - Artículos Originales