Colgate Residency: Sak Tzevul, a Tzotzil Maya Rock Band

The Tzotzil Maya rock band of Sak Tzevul developed the artistic movement of Bats’i Rock as a direct response to a hundred years of nationalistic narratives that position Indigenous culture and modernist goals (advancements in economy and technology) as diametrically opposed themes. Through a series of events, members of Sak Tzevul will present on how Bats’i Rock seeks to reclaim the cultural roots of the Indigenous people of Chiapas, Mexico, reflecting on how Indigenous communities are often portrayed as artifacts of the past, and how these depictions provide no space where an Indigenous future can be imagined.

Co-sponsored by the Colgate Arts Council and the Colgate Live Music Collective