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LABOR 

 'I'ahi.k l.'j. — T)ic uw (ij time 



' 2C>'J rn'-n, since tlii^ 2 In military sorvlct! aro not coiinto'I, From tli<i total !Mionr days, arc Kubtraet(;'l 20*) for less tlmo aijcnt eatlnK-sle(Ji<InK on market trips, 

 100 for I he ieritiiioiil.il lime of olIii.l,ils tliat euti Into their .sleenlnj', an'l .'iOO .or less sleeplnj/ time at wakes, fiestas, etc. 



' Krom the lotal are siil,traet.e/l ."io !)-l)our days for less sleej*ln[^ tlmo by thfi wives of olllelals and their Iieli>er3 for (Kiremonlal oooklnK, etc., and 160 for les.i 

 Hleephi/ time at wakes, fiestas. diirliiK .slekness, etc. 



I All Inranl lliiii' Is Inelnded here. 



< Numher of |ier,ions (tal.le ■AjY-'Mh day3X24/0 liouru. 



Slof'jiiiif^, (■alif)<<, and r<!sLinf^ iiicidf^nia) to meals 

 and in llm cvciiin;^ luko, on tlu; avcraf^c, aljoiif, 

 ];') liouf.s a day.''^ 



"Ojiniriiinil.y Sfirvicf;" (lal>l(i Hjj accounts for 

 all time, d(^vol(!d to olilifjationrt to cluircli and Rtatt;, 

 incliidiiifij niilitary scrvici!, sporadic assistancf^ on 

 Iiiihiic works (00 percent of tlio total, and (ivc- 

 fiixtlis of uliat is done locally), and service in tlie 

 formal poJiticai-relifjious orj^aiiization (table 17j. 

 TIk^ distinclion [)(!tween relij^ions and civil fiirii;- 

 tions is not cl(!ar-ciit. Tlie civil duties are jjolicc 

 and administrativt.', centered about the town hall; 

 the relif^ious duties are j)eiformed in conn(!Ction 

 with the local chiifch afid the, cult of the Saints. 

 Individuals in their lifctimtis "ascend the ladder" 

 of a sin<,r|e hicraichy of oflic(;s, with more rfienial 

 functions at the iiotlom and more lumorific ones 

 at the lop, iisuiilly alternating hetwer^n (he re- 

 lii^ious and \\\i: (uvil oflices. Heyond the lowest 

 oflice, marriaf^e is re(jiiired, and wiv(!S occujjy the 

 ])ositions in some sense jointly with their husbands. 

 The men are jirincipals in all ritual, the women 

 in n. few ceremonies; but tlif; women jjn^pare 

 cerciiioiiial food and drink. Kvcry normal person 

 is iiart, of the system; a man of the household 

 serves for a year after which no s(U'vice is retpiired 

 for 2 or '.',, wheti ai^ain the itian (or another in the 

 household, dependiiif^ on who is ripe for service 

 in rtilation to the j)articiilar needs at, tlus tiitnO, 

 enters anothtT year of service further tif) the 

 ladder. Tin; ofIic(rs art; uni)aid; <>i\ the (■ontrary 



" I'.ven a .small error here, multiplied by all the peojje and every day of 

 the ye.ar, Is the most likely sintde wjiircr. of error In the niimber ol dayi left 

 unae/'oiinte<l for In the whole eominunlty. Kneh an error would r^deel only 

 the. proportions of time si^fMit eallnp, sleeping, and resting relative Ui that 

 not a-eoiinled for. If the hloek of time devoted to latlnj;, sleeplnj;, ete., and 

 that whieh Is unaccounted (<ir. are left out of conslderallon. only 12.3 r>';ra'nt 

 of the remainder Is "noneeonomie" (elmrt M>), and community obllijotlons 

 acconnl for thre</-fourths of this time. 



they n^quire expenditure of botli time and money. 

 The system thus distributes economically costly 

 obligations throuf^^h the community; each year 

 different individuals become devoted to public 

 S(!rvic(\ 



'I'aiu.k |(>. — Communily mtrvice 



' AKMUfrilriK th..' ' 1 ,1 _ 



work(5<l In lU'.Hl 



^Alt 111 the Uinc >,r Hi<- •/ j(Mij, Ifxlu'li'i;; ih if - i'<-tit <;tlijit:, ■\i'i<\ui'„ t-xv.. Is 

 h<;f(; Iriclii'lcJ, filn'C thirv arc outsl'lt; the roJiiinu/dly. 



' lifipiiirliiK Irrigation <Ulc\it:!i, controlllnj? the river, lastalllnK (U'curaiiiina, 



