Moors and Christians towards a conceptual and geographical map in El Salvador

Abstract

The article discusses key aspects related to the dance of the Historiantes or “Moors and Christians” in El Salvador, among them, the forms of cultural integration in the imaginary of the population. Also addresses topics about how meanings and dynamics of the stories that form the repertoire of “Historians”. The music of the Historiantes unlike the stories, is more local and developed by groups of dancers and musicians who accompany them. It determines also the populations where they have established the Historians generally correspond to originaries villages where the Spanish colonizers or whether as evangelizers established tradition, teaching it to native peoples. Reference are also made to the way they the Historiantes are perceived by indigenous organizations and the contradictions about the tradition. Finally a geographical map of the villages with their festivals dedicated to the saint of the village and dates of submission of the Historians presented.

Revista de Museología "Kóot" No.8 2017: 203-2018