Heritage, popular religiosity, and identities through the collective actions: the case of the population of Huizúcar in El Salvador, Central America

Abstract

In El Salvador of the XXI century there is an interest from the locations for knowing their origins, their stories, their assets and other elements that constitute and shape their identities. The municipality of Huizúcar, located south of the city of San Salvador, has been identified through its history as one of the places with population of indigenous descent speaking Nahua-Pipil, along with other municipalities located in the same mountain range. This population, holds within its territory and each of its residents a huge capital of traditions, stories and memories, including the history, heritage, identities and popular religiosity that shape the diversity of historic universes in that locality. With this, the assets of material culture and living demonstrations of its inhabitants, form essential elements in the construction of local histories of El Salvador.