José León Coloch El Quiché Achí of Baile del Tun

Abstract

José León received from his father-in-law, Esteban Xolop, the ancestral heritage of conducting the historical dance drama popularly known as Rabinal Achí and, for many years, he represented the Quiché Achí character. However, he also knew the roles recited in Achí of the rest of the characters and knew how the tun and the trumpets that accompany the dance drama were performed. He was visited and interviewed by numerous national and foreign researchers. Among the nationals Francisco Rodríguez Rouanet in the 50s, Carlos René García Escobar since 1988, accompanied by Silvia Alvarez and Hugo Fidel Sacor. Among foreigners, especially Carrol E. Mace, the Tedlocks, Americans, Alain Breton, French, Rudd Van Akkeren, Dutch, and many more. Due to his affable willingness to receive so many scholars, he was known nationally and internationally and that is why now the Guatemalan people can learn about and delve into the historical insights of a drama that recounts events that occurred eight hundred years ago in the corresponding lower Verapacense geography. to the Zamaneb or Urram valley.