Collections: Manuscripts

Ronald Baumann's Collection of Cakchiquel Folk Dances
(Collection 49(12))

Collection Guide

Prepared by Ruth Olivera, September 1985.

In the summer of 1985, Ronald Baumann, a Tulane student from Belgium, collected manuscripts on nine folk dances in Guatemala. Xerox copies of these manuscripts comprise the collection. The dances include Animales, Conquista de Almalonga, Diablos, Masat, Moros y Cristianos, Napoleón, Norteños, Siete Virtudes and Torito. The following descriptions of the dances were provided by Professor Munro S. Edmonson, based on information from Baumann.

1. Un original de Baile de Moros que son los 12 pares de Francia. (pp. 1 - 55, February 11, 1964, José Angel Octzín, Arcadio Otoy, Pedro Pelen A., San Miguel Dueñas. In Spanish, MS notebook, 16 x 21 cm.)
2. Original del Baile de A(nimales). (pp. 1 -35, 1983, Pedro Ajin Pelen, San Miguel Dueñas. In Spanish, MS notebook, 16 x 21 cm.)
3. El Baile de los indios norteños. (pp. 1 - 22 unnumbered, August 12, 1985, Julio Fuentes, San Miguel Dueñas, escrito de su mente. In Spanish, MS notebook, 16 x 21 cm.)
4. a) Descripciones del Baile folklórico "El Torito." (pp. 1 - 21 unnumbered, no date, Victoriano Chacach Roquel, San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango. In Spanish, MS notebook 16 x 21 cm.)

   b) Original del Baile "El Torito." (pp. 22 - 70 unnumbered. In Spanish, MS notebook, 16 x 21 cm.)

   c) Two diagrams of the dance ground with location of players. Loose pages.

   d) Color photographs no. 1 - 7 with accompanying captions by native informant (1 p.), identifying characters and point in the drama depicted.

5. Original del Baile de los Diablos. (pp. 1 - 67 unnumbered, Braulio Camargo H., July 31, 1985, Ciudad Vieja, Sacatepuéquez, from copy of March 11, 1965. In Spanish, MS notebook, 16 x 21 cm.)
6. Xajoj Masat (Dance of the Deer). (pp. 1 - 20, Roland Baumann y Flavio Mucia Patal, Patzún, August 10, 1985. Proyecto Lingusitico Francisco Marroquín. In cakchiquel, typescript, dot matrix printer, 21. 5 x 28 cm. Narrators Simón Upán & Catarino Chuluc Xiquitá.)
7. Original del Baile de la Conquista de Almalonga por los Españoles. (pp. 1 - 28. January 22, 1962, Alotenango. In Spanish, MS, ruled paper, 20 x 32.5 cm. Purchased from Luis Jorge Cojolon.)
8. Original Baile de Siete Virtudes. (pp. 1 - 29. In Spanish, MS, ruled paper, 20 x 32.5 cm. Purchased from Pastor Quiñones, Alotenango.)
9. Reparto del Baile de Napoleón y el Rey Almirante. (pp. 1 - 27, numbered 1 - 26; 22 bis. In Spanish, typescript on loose paper, 21.5 x 32.5 cm. Purchased from Jesús Hernández, Ciudad Vieja.)