Había mucha neblina o humo o no sé que

ruidosamente

noisily

ardiendo

burning

la procesión

procession, line, pilgrimage

cargar

to carry / to load

primogénito

first born / eldest (son)

envuelto en un rebozo

wrapped up in a shawl

costal

sack

tepache y mezcal

mexican alcoholic beverage / spirit

bultos de tortillas y huevos duros, tamales de maíz y frijol

bindles / packages of tortillas, hard-boiled eggs, corn and bean tamales

las gallinas y los guajolotes

chickens and turkeys

un atado que cuelga de su frente

a bundle hanging from his forehead

se ha enredado el rebozo en la cabeza

she has wrapped the shawl around her head

los mixes

The Mixe (or Ayuujk) people

columna vertebral

spine / backbone

bronquio(s)

bronchus (bronchi)

arder

to burn

llevar a cabo

to carry out / to accomplish

alvéolo / alvéolos

alveolus / alveoli

las plantas de los pies

soles / bottom of the feet

una roca

rock

el jugo

juice

comisura

corner

deber de

to have to / must

pegajoso

sticky

las ramas de los pinos / encinos

branches of pine / oak trees

espantar

to scare / frighten away

vela gruesa y corta

short and thick candle

hechizo

handmade

trago

swig / gulp

Remontados en las quebradas montañas

Tucked away high in the rugged mountains

la tierra hubiera hervido hasta hacerse rugosa

the earth had boiled until it became rugged

dócil

obedient / well behaved

Aunque calificados de seres irracionales y carentes de valimento, los mixes han compartido durante siglos sus bienes y sus males

Although branded as irrational beings lacking any worth, the Mixe people have for centuries shared both their fortunes and their misfortunes

los ayuujk

the mixe people

la lengua del bosque

the language of the woods / flowery language

nubes

clouds

la niebla

fog

de súbito

out of the blue

la sierra

mountain range

estrecha

tight-knit (family), narrow (road)

el humo

smoke / steam

humeante

steaming / smoking

pocillos de barro

mud / clay cup

morder

to bite

pan de trigo

wheat bread

silvestre

wild

a orillas de sus parcelas o en sus hortalizas

at the edges of their plots or in their vegetable gardens

sopa de guías

sopa de guías (a traditional Oaxacan squash vine soup)

Partir el huevo duro y pelarlo

crack the hard boiled egg and peal it

Embarradas de

Smeared, slathered, or spread with (usually implying a generous, thick layer of something paste-like or saucy).

caminata

hike, stroll, walk

mera

mere

figuración

figure of someone’s imagination

festín abundante

abundant / plentiful feast / banquet

emprender la caminata

to set out / to embark on the walk