coparenthood

The compadrazgo, or godparent relationship, is widely practiced, godparents being chosen at baptism and marriage. Children owe great respect to godparents, and parents and godparents participate in various rituals of kinship. Nominally Roman Catholic, the Amuzgo celebrate their community’s patron saint’s day and practice baptism and…

The compadrazgo, a system of ritual kinship established with godparents, is important among them.

…(in Spanish it is co-parenthood—compadrazgo). Other forms of fictive kinship are the familiar blood brotherhood of Balkan Europe, the mit of Nepal, and the oyabun-kobun of rural Japan.

…institution is related to the compadrazgo, or institution of godparenthood, commonly seen in Middle America, but among the Totonac the kinship ties are felt to be primarily between the adults involved, rather than between adult and child. The Totonac are nominally Roman Catholic but have adapted Christianity to their traditional…