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ROSALES MENDOZA, Adriana Leona. Concepciones culturales, género y migración entre mayas yucatecos en Cancún, Quintana Roo. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2009, vol.33, pp.105-120. ISSN 0185-2574.

This article presents elements of symbolic discourse that contribute to the maintenance of cultural memory in Peninsular Mayan immigrants to Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. I refer to certain (rituals, legends and conceptions) that allow immigrants of this ethnicity to continue reproducing and perpetuating their sense of being Mayan in Cancun, a city which is a magnet for national and international tourism. The testimonies presented are taken from five interviews carried out with women from the eastern part of Yucatan (X-Can, Temax, Espita, Tunkas, Dzitas, Chemax and Valladolid), carried out during research for my doctoral dissertation. The reflections for this article emerged from this research process and later field observations, in which it was possible to explore further the narratives about the chaa chac and hetz-mek rituals, the Xtabay legend, the meaning placed on the heart and the metaphor I have named "deer eyes".

Palavras-chave : cultural remains; gender; migration; rituals; Cancun; Quintana Roo.