Interculturalidad y Masculinidades

Objective: Analyze how the “Nuestra Señora del Carmen” youth group, from Nuevo Carmen Tonapac, in the municipality of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, are carriers of traditional musical knowledge belonging to the Zoque culture. Methodology: Documentary research revolved around Ethnomusicology, Cultural Studies, Intercultural Communication, Gender Studies that together, allowed to explain and support the research topic; also, the application of unstructured and structured interviews, questions were asked from the gender perspective, to identify sexist behaviors of these young people, including their vision towards their masculine sex and also towards feminine sex, the stereotypes of the community for the identity construction of a man and a woman, and if they would allow women to participate in their musical group. Contribution: Disseminate the work of traditional musicians because they have the gift of understanding the music of the drum and reed, in addition to an important work in ceremonies, rites and festivities, are responsible for cheering the festivities.