Between Excess and Pleasure: The Religious Festival of the Indigenous People of Jujuy, 17th-19th Centuries

CRUZ, ENRIQUE N.; KOELTZSCH, GRIT K.

Indigenous and Black Confraternities in Colonial Latin America: Negotiating Status through Religious Practices

Amsterdam University Press

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2022; p. 273 - 295

This chapter studies the religious festivals staged by the indigenous confraternities of colonial Jujuy, in the viceroyalty of Peru. It argues that these festivals help consolidate Spanish rule over these individuals, sustaining that this festival culture helped legitimize the indigenous governors authority and popularized a penchant for the excess of food and drink.