The jaguar hunters

Resumen

The Nahuatl text of this article is the edited outline of a farce produced by the Mayordomos of the major fiestas in an Indian village a day’s walk from Chilapa, Guerrero. The bilingual informant, who had been the last director of this play, was around forty-five years old when the text was taped in 1963. I had chanced to see the last performance in December 1958. The informant had learned the parts by acting them for several years when he was in his early twenties and had then gone on to direct them when the man from whom he had learned them died. The play is no longer given because the Mayordomos are said to not be willing to spend the money on the costumes, masks, and food and drink which must be provided for the actors.