ke ndse’
keh nd-SEH
A ritual dedicated to the Earth that consists of placing stones in a river to ensure the health of a newborn child. The river, the stones, the child, and the land are understood as participants in a single act.
Etymology
Chatino language, spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico. From Irma Pineda's Intraducibles (2021), a collection of 68 untranslatable words from Mexican indigenous languages.
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