Food practices in Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Chiapas: a social and cultural analysis of the Zoques

Abstract

Cultural food in society plays an important role in nutrition, sustainability and in the identity of the municipalities. The identity is built through social relations, knowledge, ancestral roots, gastronomic heritage, the objective is to identify the ingredients and Zoque culinary preparations, taking as a sample the inhabitants of the municipality of Ocozocoautla, who depend on the food culture, despite the different economic and health adversities, through traditions, such as the Zoque Coiteco Carnival. Methodology: Therefore, this article offers analytical insights with the support of an ethnographic and anthropological study on cultural food, practices, and the relationship between traditions and social knowledge. Conclusions: Cultural-traditional food is part of the daily diet of the inhabitants of Ocozocoautla, as well as food sovereignty through the preparation of recipes, techniques and uses of traditional ingredients.