NEGATIVE FACTORS OF THE “FESTIVITY OF THE GENTLEMAN OF THE

GRAN PODER"

1. INTRODUCTION

The reality, specifically speaking of our context is practically the result of same people's

actions that conforms a certain community. People by means of their actions and behaviors

can establish a certain focus to certain time and/or event that it is taken ahead in that

contextual means.

The present work in fact takes very in bill those actions that they would remove him/her the

cultural true sense to the very well-known festivity of "The Mr. of the Gran Poder." For the

development of the work he/she takes into account the observation, gathering of information

and the intent of knowing same people's perception in relation to negative factors that are

manifested during the festivity of the Gran Poder.

He/she thinks about a problematic one in relation to what one can observe during the

entrance folkloric and based on this it is taken an investigation that can indicate that negative

factors also participate during this cultural traditional expression ahead.

It is necessary to mention that of those identified, registered factors and described the

development of the work inside, he/she also takes into account a hierarchical position as for

the negative factors. That is to say, according to people's opinion which of the five negative

opposing factors it is that of more concern for the society that another factor is and so forth in

second place until the fifth factor, the same one that would be that of smaller concern. All this

by means of a statistical work that gives us to know a sad reality, product of the actions of

those people that also conform part of our community and/or social system.

2. POSITION OF THE PROBLEM

The same as in many other countries of the world, our country (Bolivia), also bill with a wide

range of folkloric expressions and one of them is the denominated "Festivity of the Mr. of the

Gran Poder", the same one that is expressed in the city of The Peace, by means of

Processions, Masses and an entrance of dances originated in Bolivia.

Although it is pitifully a cultural expression, this it doesn't lack certain negative factors that

show up to the moment to manifest the devotion toward the Mr. of the Gran Poder,

specifically speaking of the folkloric (presentation of dances) entrance. Because we should

also take into account that this party generates a social, cultural and economic great

movement. However inside all this, we cannot assure that everything is rose color, since it is

evidenced gives you an analytic perspective that pitifully actions are made that anything has

to do with a social, cultural healthy expression and even religious.

However, it is considered that one should know the opinion of same people. In that sense it is

about taking an investigation that can indicate us those factors that incur in negative actions

on the part of same people ahead that somehow participates of this tradition. For the same

one, the development of the investigation will be built based on the following query:

Which are those five negative factors that show up during the entrance folkloric "Festivity of

the Mr. of the Gran Poder?"

3. OBJECTIVES

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

To describe which are those five negative factors that show up during the entrance

folkloric "Festivity of the Mr. of the Gran Poder?”

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

To identify by means of observation factors that you/they incur in negative actions

during the festivity

To apply an opinion survey that indicates the five negative bigger factors.

To register the data obtained during the application of the work for the tabulation of

results.

4. JUSTIFICATION

All cultural tradition that is practiced, is in certain way it is a group of actions directed by an

ideology, also, a devotion manifestation toward something or somebody. In one or another

way what should prevail in all our acts is the social values and one of them is the respect.

The present work tries to demonstrate as some actions of the population's number that it

participates of this festivity he/she forgets the importance of the practice of these values, for

the same thing the work takes the following reasons:

Social Reason:

It is sought to take a message from people to same people, in the same one that indicates

the perception of this type of events. Also manifesting, the social responsibility that you/they

imply all these cultural movements. We can improve as society but it is on the whole a work

Cultural Reason:

With this work one will be able to know if people believe that this type of events continues

being the cultural expression that should be, or he/she has gotten lost this vision and they are

other the reasons for which people participate of this tradition.

Educational Reason:

With all those negative behaviors that show up, you can inform the population based on the

following expression: What example is he/she becoming trained to the children, the girls and

young?

5. BASE THEORETICAL

Description

The party like cultural expression also has its presence in the streets that every time with

more force goes appropriating of the spaces public streets and avenues, with the parties like

being that of the Mr. of the Gran Poder in a principle and now in each neighborhood

according to the foundation date or boss of the parish have its folkloric (lend) expression in

this that dichotomy it also exists where they combine rites aymaras with the Catholic religion

both APPROPRIATELY managed ones, in these events the public spaces become the main

characters' private spaces where even at the present time prepare their seats and tables and

waiters, in a principle the party locals were had for the "appropriate" realization of such events

so that this way everything is made in a private environment, but at the present time he/she

couches to carry out it in the public spaces, but anyway in popular different neighborhoods

the locals are proliferating for parties that which generates in those sectors the commercial

activities that make to the party that he/she would call himself of mass in economy.

The origin of the Party of the Gran Poder

The origin of the party goes back at December 8 of 1663; when was founded the Convent of

the “Madres Concepcionistas”. According to the history, in that time, the postulating ones to

the convent should take I get an image. The nun Genoveva Carrión the image of the three

faces of Mr. Jesus of the Gran Poder whose meaning was very discussed behaved.

Later on, in 1904 one of the devote ones made alter the square transforming it into an image

with a single face and many devote they received favors of the Mr., for what the adoration of

the image extended. The image traveled for houses of the streets Mercado, Yungas,

Figueroa and for la iglesia Del Rosario. Later on it was transferred to the street León of the

Barra, where a devote family began the cult to the image with visits and sentences

programmed for the days Tuesday and Friday. With lapsing of the time the parishioners they

were increasing and in 1928 the construction of a temple began in the area of Chijini, today

the street Gallardo that was concluded at the end of the years 30.

However, in 1923 the first fraternities folklóric arose. In the street Illampu the embroiderers of

the suits were located that were used in this celebration and among those artisans, they

highlighted the families Chuquimia and Gisbert. It is said that for initiative of them they were

carried out the first parties you "lend and passing" of the Mr. of the Gran Poder. In 1924 the

first “diablada” of the region of Chuchulaya appeared, then a fraternity of “Suri Sikuris” arose,

integrated by a group of “lustrabotas” denominated "Onions."

In the 30’s and 40’s were being integrated native groups of Yungas that you/they adored to

the image with touches of drums. There being you transformed into a departmental event, in

1952 was carried out a departmental festival of “danzas paceñas” in the stadium, where the

idea arose of carrying out a more tremendous and more organized entrance.

The party had the support of a priest, to who the history remembers as the father Camacho,

the tests were carried out in the nights from the avenue Buenos Aires until the intersection of

the Gallardo streets and Segurola.

Another important fact is the one happened January of 1969, 25 when he/she is founded the

dance of the leaders in the area of Chijini, as devotion act to the Mr. of the Gran Poder. To

the siblings' initiative Estrada this demonstration folkloric was used for the first time at world

level.

May 12 1974 were founded the Association of Folklorics Groups that today agglutinates the

main groups of dances of La Paz city and the most representative in other places of Bolivia.

With this fact, the party of the Gran Poder acquires national edges.

According to the professor Plains, although the festivity of the Gran Poder has suffered

changes throughout the years, the aspects folklorics have stayed throughout the time,

transforming into a national party.

The bad of the festivity of Jesus of the Gran Poder

"The festivity of Los Andes also has bad aspects that spread to tarnish its image. The

drunkenness, the excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks, the contamination,

disorganization, the delinquency and the fights are the negative most excellent aspects in the

party of Gran Poder. For the eyes of the tourism, for the cameras of the press, for the feelings

of the fraternal ones, for the expectation of the artisans and spectators, the magnificence of

the entrance is the center of the party, it is the positive aspect although for moments it is

tinged with the drunkenness, the disorganization and the consumption of alcoholic drinks. But

the drunkenness, the excessive consumption of alcohol, the contamination, the

disorganization, the delinquency and others are the great periphery that you don't leave

sharply during the entrance as you leave to the sides of the entrance, later, when finishing the

entrance, in the homes, party living rooms, streets aledañas and in you redye police. The

devotion of the fraternal ones, the expectation of observers only comes the stateliness of the

entrance and the gifts of Tata Jesus of the Gran Poder, but it is blind to the process and the

consequence negatives."

Concern of Authorities

"With a great mass of people, the delinquency" arises, in that way Cnl. José Luis Ramallo,

Regular of the Special Address of Civic Security of the Autonomous Municipal Government of

The Peace, it expressed their concern before the festivity of the Gran Poder to be carried out

next Saturday, activity that is characterized by the great quantity of spectators, the trade in

via public of alcoholic drinks and the circulation of inhabitants at high hours of the night and in

inconvenient state.

To say of the authority, from Oficialía bigger than Cultures and the Special same Address has

been elaborated an agreement, document that will commit to the leadership of the

Association of Combined Folclóricos of the Gran Poder, to avoid the excesses between

members of fraternities and to prevent the very public one.

According to data of the municipality, the splendid festivity of the Gran Poder, among the

negative aspects, not alone he/she has to the delinquency and the limitless consumption of

alcoholic drinks as extenuating, but the important quantity of garbage that is generated, it also

calculates that during 2010 it overcame the 30 additional tons of waste that are habitually

picked up in the city.

Another negative aspect according to the official is the massive closing of streets and

avenues during that whole day, information edil details that more than 20 roads they will be

used by the dancers for its step, besides spaces like the Urban Central Park. ex zoological.

6. METHODOLOGY

Quantitative investigation

The investigation type for the development of the present work will be the quantitative

investigation, because the gathering of data was used based on the numeric mensuration

and the statistical analysis.

Descriptive investigation

You will proceed to the type of descriptive investigation. The reason is logical, with the results

that they are obtained it will be described the tendencies of a group or population, as for the

phenomenon that is analyzed.

Participant Population

The participant population with which is sought to work, will be 30 mature people, of both

sexes that belong to an age range among 25 to 50 years of age and that they have current

validity in the city of The Peace. It should be indicated that the population's 50% will be

conformed by males and 50 remaining% by women.

7. INSTRUMENT OF GATHERING OF DATA

The Survey

This instrument was used for the gathering of data, the same ones that will be provided by

those people that participate to the moment of the application of the phase of mediating

gathering of data the survey.

Description of the Instrument

The instrument that was used is detailed in the following way:

The survey consisted of ten closed questions, for the same ones the interviewed person will

be able to respond based on the alternatives proposed the survey inside. He/she will have a

structure where the title will be detailed, general data, the instructions, the articles with its

possible alternatives of answers and lastly the gratefulness for the participation.

8. RESULTADOS DE LOS DATOS OBTENIDOS

SI87%

M/M7%NO

3%

N/R3%

¿EXISTEN ASPECTOS NEGATIVOS?

INTERPRETACION: Podemos observar que el 87% de la población participante indica que SI existen aspectos negativos en la Festividad del Gran Poder. Un 7% opina que MAS O MENOS, un 3% indica que NO y el restante 3% NO RESPONDE

POCA. IMP.7%

MEDIANA. IMP.13%

MUCHA. IMPORTAN-

CIA.57%

DEMASIADA. IMP.23%

¿COMO CALIFICA LOS FACTORES NEGATIVOS?

INTERPRETACION: Podemos observar que el 57% de la población califica de MUCHA IMPORTANCIA los factores negativos en la Festividad del Gran Poder. Un 23% califica de DEMASIADA IMPORTANCIA, un 13% las califica de MEDIANA IMPORTANCIA y el restante 7% las califica de POCA IMPORTANCIA.

NO3%MAS O MENOS

20%

SI54%

BASTANTE23%

¿APOYARIA AUN PROGRAMA DE CONCIEN-TIZACION?

INTERPRETACION: Podemos observar que el 54% de la población SI apoyaría un programa de concientización para la Festividad del Gran Poder. Un 23% indica que BASTANTE, un 20% indica que MAS O MENOS y el restante 3% indica que NO

EXCESIVO CONSUMO -

BEBIDAS ALCOHOLI-

CAS50%

BASURA Y SUCIEDAD20%

INSEGURIDAD CIUDADANA

13%

VIOLENCIA10%

MA ASPECTO TURISTICO

7%

PRINCIPALES FACTORES NEGATIVOS

INTERPRETACION: En la presente grafico podemos observar que los cinco principales factores negativos. Además se puede percibir, que en 1er lugar se encontraría EL EXCESIVO CONSUMO DE BEBIDAS ALCOHOLICAS, en 2º lugar está LA BASURA Y SUCIEDAD, EN 3er lugar se encuentra LA INSEGURIDAD CIUDADANA. En 4º lugar se encuentra LA VIOLENCIA Y POR ULTIMO EN 5º lugar se encuentra EL MAL ASPECTO TURISTICO.

UN POCO7%

MAS O MENOS

20%

DE-MASI-ADO73%

¿INFLUYEN NEGATIVAMENTE EN EL MEDIO AMBIENTE?

INTERPRETACION: En el preste grafico se puede observar que el 73% de la población participante opina que estos factores negativos influyen DEMASIADO negativamente en el medio ambiente. El 20% opina que MAS O MENOS y por último, el 7% opina que solo afecta UN POCO.

NO7%

MAS O MENOS40%

BASTANTE53%

¿AFECTAN AL BUEN DESARROLLO DE LA SO-CIEDAD?

INTERPRETACION: En el preste grafico se puede observar que el 53% de la población participante opina que estos factores negativos afectan BASTANTE negativamente al buen desarrollo de la sociedad. El 40% opina que MÁS O MENOS y por último, el 7% opinan que NO afecta.

DEVOCION10%

AMBOS57%

DIVERSION23%

NO RESPONDE10%

SE PARTICIPA POR DEVOCION O DIVERSION

INTERPRETACION: En el preste grafico se puede observar que el 57% de la población participante opina que son AMBOS los motivos por los cuales las personas participan en la Festividad del Gran Poder. El 23% indica que es por DIVERSION. Un 10% indica que es por DEVOCION y por último, el 10% restante NO RESPONDE.

POSITIVOS10%

NEGATIVOS77%

NO RESPONDE13%

¿QUE FACTORES PREVALECEN MAS?

INTERPRETACION: En el preste grafico se puede observar que el 77% de la población participante opina que son NEGATIVOS los factores que prevalecen más durante la Festividad del Gran Poder. El 10% indica que son más los factores POSITIVOS. Un 13% NO RESPONDE.

POCO URGENTE

3%

MAS O MENOS

URGENTE20%

URGENTE34%

MUY URGENTE43%

CUAN URGENTE TRATAR ESTOS FACTORES NEGATIVOS

INTERPRETACION: En el preste grafico se puede observar que el 43% considera URGENTE tratar con estos factores negativos. Un 34% indica que es MUY URGENTE. Un 20% indica que es MAS O MENOS URGENTE. Y por último un 3% indica que es POCO URGENTE.

9. BIBLIOGRAFIA

http://www.revistasbolivianas.org.bo/scielo.php?

pid=S222330322012000200005&script=sci_arttext

http://www.eabolivia.com/social/7618-lo-negativo-de-la-festividad-del-gran-poder.html

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_del_Gran_Poder

10. ANEXOS