Some Aspects of Family Structure of a Mayayucatecan Catholic Community, Mani.

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The aim of this paper is to describe and clarify several aspects of religio-cultural integration of a small Catholic community,Mani in order to correct and improve Ritual Kinship and ejido in a Mayayucatecan Catholic Community, Mani (2002 H.NAKABEPPU).The study focus is on the concrete description and analysis of ritual kinship in Mani, one of the oldest religious factors derived from Europe.In a Mayayucatecan Catholic Community Mani in Yucatan, Mexico, ritual kinship (compadrazgo and padrinazgo) as the institution is the most widespread intimate spiritual social relationship, into which a man or a woman may enter on such occasions of contracting the main sacraments of the Catholic church as ocja (jetzmek maya baptism), baptism, confirmacion, primera comunion, 15anos(15-year-old) ceremony and marriage.The results of our investigation show (1) that the ritual kinship integrates their friends and acquaintances into a sacred social family relationships ; (2)The ritual kinship also functions as a supplementary social institution to nuclear families. It improves the tense relation between the family menbers and serves as a role model of Catholic virtue.
2009-03-06