El Tinkunako
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content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009
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content: Jorge Prelorán films
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content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 1: Completed Films and Videos / 1.1: Films directed by Prelorán
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content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Ethnographic film documents the ceremony of "El Tinkunako," which reenacts San Francisco Solano's mediation between the Spanish and the local indigenous population in 1593. In the ceremony, two processions move through the city of La Rioja (La Rioja Province, Argentina), meeting in front of the governor's house. One procession features San Nicolas de Bari (representing the Spanish) and the other features the Christ Child (dressed as the Mayor of La Rioja and representing the indigenous population). Film was shot in December 1966 and released in 1967.