CHUZOS, LÁPICES Y MATRACAS. PROLETARIOS, POETAS Y PROMESANTES EN EL NORTE GRANDE DE CHILE

Abstract

: The saltpetter working class in the North of Chile produced a strong and spirited laborer movement. One of the first ones in Latin America. Also it developed an intense cultural activity through the theater and, above all, it wrote working class poetry later printed on newspaper. They also organized themselves in religious dance groups to attend La Tirana and San Lorenzo festivities. Both activities were produced after labour routine time. The night sheltered them. We study these relationships in as much activity reports formed in different horizons and sometimes complementary. An enlighted working class man and a working class pilgrim who shared a similar job.