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A man is butchering a cow at night in San Basilio de Palenque, where the learning of livestock management is a labor of men. A child stands next to the man, helping him by holding up one of the cow's leg. Colombian anthropologist Nina S. de Friedemann had been studying the Afro-Colombian community of San Basilio de Palenque for the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and Richard Cross joined her to do work as a visual anthropologist in June 1975. The children, Friedemann registers, ride on the cattle, frolic, caress, talk to it, and each calf, cow and bull have a name: Candelaria, Vinotinto, Chupete. The learning of livestock management is game and is an exclusive labor of men. People in San Basilio de Palenque speak a Spanish-based creole language known as Palenquero. According to public records, in 1975 the village had 2,400 residents (mostly farmers or day laborers) and 388 houses. This image illustrates Cross's anthropological categories: Inventory of male-female work roles, and Social organization. Un hombre destaza una vaca en la noche en San Basilio de Palenque, donde el aprendizaje del manejo del ganado es un trabajo de hombres. Un niño se para al lado del hombre, ayudándolo levantando una de las patas de la vaca. La antropóloga colombiana Nina S. de Friedemann había estado estudiando la comunidad afrocolombiana de San Basilio de Palenque desde 1973 para el Instituto Colombiano de Antropología y Richard Cross se unió a ella para trabajar como antropólogo visual en junio de 1975. Los niños, registra Friedemann, montan sobre el ganado, retozan, lo acarician, le hablan y cada ternero, vaca y toro tienen un nombre: Candelaria, Vinotinto, Chupete. El aprendizaje del manejo del ganado es juego y es una labor exclusiva de los hombres. La gente en San Basilio de Palenque habla una lengua criolla con base en español conocida como palenquero. Según los registros públicos locales, en 1975 el pueblo tenía 2,400 residentes (en su mayoría agricultores o jornaleros) y 388 casas. Esta imagen ilustra dos categorías antropológicas de Cross: Inventario de los roles laborales masculino-femenino y Organización social.
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