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Lady Pancha, I am going to talk about the persons in charge of the indigenous government.

mmetokowyore veno Pancha , eno no tparaakono te pjoka kavildo ,

In the old days, the 'carayanas' (speakers of Spanish) weren't here yet, the persons in charge were all Trinitarios.

ꞌkonewoko , najinarichꞌo no tkomerina , ꞌmuiimuri trinranono eno tparaakono .

They didn't say 'corregidor' yet, they didn't say 'corregidor' yet, they didn't say 'corregidor' yet. The highest authority used to be the cacique. Before they didn't say 'corregidor' yet

wichꞌo koregieroru najicha , wichꞌo koregieroru najicha , wichꞌo koregieroru najicha , kasikerichꞌo ema tparaako , máxima autoridad , ante no , no decían corregidor todavía .

Well, in the old days, there were only Trinitarios people in this village of Trinidad.

juiti , eto ꞌkonewoko ꞌmuiimurichꞌo trinranono te pjoka ꞌwósare Trinra ,

The person in charge was still called cacique. He was the highest authority to be in charge of the village.

ema ma tparaakooꞌi naejarechrichꞌo kasike , ema ... ꞌchope to matuparaꞌo ema techo to ꞌwósare .

As time went by, the older people in charge were dying, they changed, they named the highest authority 'corregidor'.

ene kope te to tepenomporipo eno ꞌchosgieñono tparaakono , naetswochpo , nanokpo koregieroru najichpo ema ꞌchopetuparaꞌo .

He is in charge of the village, there wasn't any town mayor yet, there wasn't any governor, so it was still him, they named him 'corregidor', they named the person in charge of the village 'corregidor', he knew (he was in charge ?).

ema techo to ꞌwósare , najinarichꞌo aakarena , najinarichꞌo prefectina ( en ...) ene emarichꞌo , emarichꞌo techo ema tkijare koregieroopo , manokpo koregieroopo emapo techo to ꞌwósare , muecho .

The story of the person in charge, he is there, the 'corregidor' hands them, the big 'capitán', the first cacique, the second cacique, the third cacique and also the first town mayor.

eto to tparaapikre , emjaaꞌi ema , manopoko ema koregieroru , ma kapitán grande, primer kasike , segundo kasike , tercer kasike , ene tyompo ema primer alcalde , ema primer alcalde

Well, first I am going to remind you about the three persons in charge, they are three : the great 'capitán' (...), the 'corregidor', the great 'capitán' and also the cacique,

bueno manjeꞌe vechoyorechoꞌo , asike eno moponano eno ꞌchopetuparaꞌo , moponano ema kapitán grande, ( kon , ka ) koregieroru , kapitán grande tyompo ma kasike ;

These three ones are in charge of the village.

eno moponano eno techo to ꞌwósare .

But the most important person, the highest authority (lit. father of the (others) persons in charge) is the 'corregidor', that's his name, because he is the one who knows.

pero ma techoponrijcha , naeyaraꞌo eno tparaakono ema koregieroru muéjare ema porke ema techo .

When a meeting is needed, when a festivity is approaching, the festivity is close, the 'corregidor' gathers the other persons in charge, he gathers them to let them know the festivity is getting close.

ema , to tajpuka to techokore tyaneꞌipo to piesta , tyaneꞌipo to piesta , ema koregieroru makuumutkopo eno tparaakono makutgieñono , makuumutko tkechosiyre tyaneꞌipo to piesta .

When the festivity is approaching, they get ready to receive people, the guests, guests, we say 'guests'.

Eno , to tyaneꞌipo to piesta tsetsekwonripo nanokyore to najakpiꞌyore eno ꞌchañono no wsitano visitante ene vjicho .

They do chicha, they serve chicha to drink, they give chicha when they meet up, when the festivity starts.

Eno tepiarekono to ꞌrésare , ꞌrésare naesrisꞌo , naescho to ꞌrésare te tyuumutompo , titekpopo to piesta .

And when, when, when it's the day of the festivity, they have to go, Trinitarios people are catholics, they go to pray to the church, they go to Mass.

Ene to , to , to ꞌmuꞌpo eto to piesta tyononñore , katolikowko eno ꞌchañono trinranono , tyonono te ꞌlesia tsammorikono .

They ask the Lord so that nothing (bad) happens (to themselves), nothing happens to the village, they all ask for it, and they ask it when they enter into the church, they ask to the Lord eternal father or, or to the Lord Jesus, Jesus Christ.

tyosiuchwono mueꞌ ma viya pues tajina nakuggiowo , tajna takuggiowo to ꞌwósare , nayosioko namutu , ene nayosserikpo te to tsiopompo te ꞌlesia nayosiokpo ema viya eterno padre o , o viya Jesús mue Jesukristo .

They ask it, they ask him not to forget us, not to get away from us, may He keep giving us food, may He take care of us so that we don't get ill, and if we ever get sick, may He cure us (Lit. take out our illness from us) because we protect the Lord and we protect also our Mother Holy Mary, mother of Jesus, Jesus Christ.

mayosiokpo , nayosiokpo te to manjeꞌe wo makemtiskowokovi , makuꞌevirechovi ema viya , muejrokawrichjicha to wnikgiene , [ u ] manjeꞌe muemꞌavi wo wkukjuma , wakjumapuka mavinavi to vijuma , jicho ema wkosiña ema ma viya ene wkosiñapo esu veno María Santísima , mueno ema Jesu , Jesukristo .

In the church, the persons in charge um pray, they do what, what they know, they pray,

te tyonom ... aa te to ꞌlesia eno tparaakono manjeꞌe tjirompo nanokpo to , to naetkogne tyujrokono ,

They pray the Lord so that nothing happens to us, nothing happens to the village, they do it, the persons in charge do it, they pray for us.

nayosioko ema ma viya , pues wo , wo tajna wkuggiowo , tajna takuggiowo to ꞌwósare , eto muemtone eto naemtone eno tparaakono , tyosiuchoviono .

When the Mass is over, the Mass is over, the authorities come out and walk playing music,

pochpo to misa , pochpo to misa , tyuchkompo eno tparaakono , tkopnuneꞌomporipo ,

there are the, the musicians are here for it, the violinist, the caja player, the drummers,

emjaaꞌi ma , enjooꞌi eno muskono naekmunarichu , ma violinista , cajero , wombero eno eno ...

and the 'macheteros' (cane cutters), they dance, the 'macheteros' have some fun in our village, the 'macheteros', the 'toritos' as well and also the 'ladies',

ene enopo no chriperono noni tiimuikono , eno eno tnokono to piesta te to viowsa : no chriperono , tyompo no toritono ene tyompo no venono , eno venono

So we went out from the church and went to our town council, our church.

asike viuchkopo te to ꞌlesia , viutekpo te to vyeꞌe kavildo , vyeꞌe ꞌlesia viti .

When we arrive, the 'doctrinero' (parish priest) makes us pray again.

vitekpopo , waayujrokojnochꞌo majicho ema rotrineru ,

There are some 'doctrineros', they pray for a good life for us, may the Lord have pity on us, may He listen to us, may He protect us from the different wickednesses.

enjo rotrinerono [ tꞌyuj ] vyujrokpo pueschu eto toona to vitorisra , ma viya majpanovi masamavi , te to muewtuyechavi te to tasimtuwo mpachijigñono .

The apostles are around here, you see, God delegated them...

Eno apostoriono enjowkooꞌi , imꞌa manokriꞌi ema ma viya ;

When He was going to go in the sky, he left the apostles.

ema te to tyonyorepo te to anumo manokjegneꞌwo eno apostoriono ,

They are the authority, there are twelve apostles.

eno tparaakono , ntose apostore .

Their work is to teach the Word of God, not to talk about bothering things, nonsense things.

eto naemtone eno timitrikonñore to muechjiriiwo ema ma viya , wo etina nakemotonejire to mpachijigne .

The ones who are in the governing body are different and they assist the 'corregidor', they are in charge of the different activities. Those ones who assist him are different (from the first ones, the apostles)

ꞌpomririchu eno no tayeꞌono te to ... no najúpara ema koregieroru eno techono to tasimtuwono tajpuka eto .

The apostle um, he just makes us pray,

Ema ma apostore woꞌi , ema [ tim ] manjeꞌe timyujrokovi ,

We pray for a good life [ ], may God give us food, may He give us the... may He still give us life.

vyujroko puejchu toona to vitorisra ma viya [ we ] muejrokawrichu to vnikgiene , muejrokavi to , muejrokavi to makitorigiavichoꞌo .

God is very good, the only thing needed is to speak to God, God is everywhere.

Ema ma viya mawoyko máriwo , etochus takomnu eto te to vechjigia ema ma viya , ma viya tamutu mawꞌo ,

we are inside God's house, He listens to us if we speak to Him.

viowꞌa te to ꞌviꞌku ema ma viya tsamovi , te to vechjigia ma viya ,

He, God is very good, he loves everyone.

ema ma viya mawoyko máriwo , temnakovi ymutu ꞌchañono .

We (the human beings) are different, God made us like that, our languages are different, they are different, but we all are the sons of God.

viti posraarujono majichriꞌi ema ma viya , eto to vechjiriiwo ꞌponapooꞌi , ꞌponapooꞌi , pero ymutu machichanovewokovi ma viya .

We are the sons of our, our Mother Holy Mary, so that's, that's our work.

schichanovewokovi esu veno María Santísima asike eto , eto wkemtone .

When the Mass is over, the 'corregidor' advises, he advises the people, so that um, they obey the 'corregidor', they obey the great 'capitan', they obey the first cacique.

Te to pochpo to misa , teneꞌorikpo ema koregieroru , mueneꞌopo eno ꞌchañono , te to manjeꞌe , nasopa ema koregieroru , nasopa ema kapitan grande, nasopa ema primer kasike .

and so that we have a good life, because the 'corregidor' advises us.

ene puejchu eto tyuuna to vitorisrayre jicho teneꞌowokowriꞌi ema ma koregieroru .

And when his council is over, all the people give advice little by little, little by little about what they know.

Ene te to pochpo to manjeꞌe teneꞌoriko namutu teneꞌoriko ꞌpuesapooꞌi ꞌpuesapooꞌi to naetkogñono ,

That's it, that's the 'corregidor's work, he takes care of us.

eto [ muem ], eto muemtone ema koregieroru , tjañokovi .

It's like now, now we have the, the... in the old days it wasn't perfect yet, there wasn't the town mayor yet, there wasn't the president yet,

kutiriꞌi tajicho juiti , juiti wkoyꞌepo ema ma... ꞌkonewoko majinarichꞌo ma prefecto , majinarichꞌo alcalde , majinarichꞌo ema presidente ,

The 'corregidor' of the Trinitario people was also president at the same time, he is in charge of the village, whatever happens.

ema tyómowo presidente ema koregieroru nayeꞌe no trinranono , eno , ema techo to ꞌwósare tajpuka to tajichwo .

After the festivity, when an other festival is approaching, "well Sirs, the next festivity is getting close, let them be strong, let us be strong, we receive God once again, His arrival, that one, the arrival of the anniversary of Our Father,

Te to taegnepo to piesta , etjooꞌi to ꞌponayore piesta , bueno tatanoviono ꞌchochu vianeꞌiyrepo pjoka ꞌpona piesta ꞌtumewokꞌena , ꞌtumewokovina , vijakpawre ema ma viya muetekpirayore , pjoka taetekpirayore eto muejaremꞌi ma viya ,

um we receive once again, we do the chicha again with sacrifice, in order to receive our people, our youngers brothers, our fathers as the Corregidor says.

manjeꞌe vijakpawre , vepiakatchawore to ꞌrésare , vijakpiꞌa no wkutgieñono viatnoviono , viyanoviono , makepo ema koregieroru .

That's it, they obey to this man, to the 'corregidor', because he advises the people, he advises everyone, when his talk is over, "well Sirs, well thank you Sir", he says.

takeeꞌi , ema ma ꞌchane nasopo ma koregieroru , jicho muéneꞌo no ꞌchañono , namutu muéneꞌo , asike te titempo , tyuri tatanoviono , tyuri rusrupaya tata , makepo ema .

he says, "today we concluded", we came from the church, if there is food today, the 'comisarios', the town mayor prepares the, they prepare the food.

makeeꞌi ema , juiti vittorojchichapo viosꞌo te to ꞌlesia , juiti etjooꞌina to tnikkore , jeꞌe eno komisariono , ma aakare tepiareko to , tepiarekono to ( charu , cha ) charuji .

It's like that, when they serve, when they give food to the people, because we stayed a long time inside the church,

manjeꞌe , to tenrikono naenko no ꞌchañono , jicho vyereriꞌi te to ꞌlesia ,

Right after midday, right after, for the big festivity, right after midday, we arrive, we are hungry, we are thirsty.

ypuemmawo ttuprigi sache , ypuemmawo te ꞌchope piesta , ypuemmawo to ttuprigi sache , viutekpo , vekꞌoripo , vetarakripo

So that the 'corregidor' order the chicha to be done.

nakeeꞌi eno to , ma koregieroru makowoniipo tkepia to ꞌrésare .

When the prayers are over, the Mass, well he orders to the 'comisarios', the town mayor, "well Sirs, serve drink to everyone, don't forget anyone, give drink to all the people",

te pochpo to yjórare , to misa , bueno mawonikpo eno komisariono , ma aakare , bueno esrigia tatanoviono namtu , wo akanuko , namtu escha ,

so we drink, we drink a lot, we eat, and after we dance.

enetse vero , veropotsero , vnikpo , ene viimuikpo ,

They play music, he plays music, they first play music, we are going to be happy now because we came back from the church.

eno tkopnuñompo , ema tkopnunepo eno no muskono , nowo tkopnuñono , viuusamreyrepo , jicho viosꞌopo te to ꞌlesia .

And the Ladies dance, the authorities as well, but they (the Ladies) dance first.

ene manjeꞌe ( vi , vi ) tiimuikompo no venono , enopo tparaakono eno natiwo tiimuikono .

And when the older people finish dancing, the 'macheteros' start.

en te titomuupo eno no ꞌchosiono tiimuikono , tnaekchowompo eno chriperono ,

they dance, they dance three, they can dance three pieces (of music). After theirs dances, they stop

enopo nojwopo tiimuikompo , tiimuikono , mopona moponapuka piesa to ... to naeemuikriꞌi eno , tichikompo .

Then it's the turn of the ones we name 'toritos' (cow faces), it is their turn, they also dance again.

nojwopo eno wakamirono vjicho , nojwopo eno , tiimuikonwore , nomuire ,

And everyone is happy because we talked to God.

tyuusamre jicho ma viya , vechjikripo

And God has pity on us, he sees us, God sees our heart because we don't do anything bad,

ene ema ma viya tjapanuwokovi , timꞌowokovi muemꞌo to wsamre , ema ma viya , jicho tajna wakyemo ,