Abstract
This article addresses the topic of tsitsel, which refers to the transition that a tseltal child undergoes to acquire responsibility in family work. The text compiles concepts of worldview analysis and rites of passage as a way to support a tseltal conception, referencing the Ejido Rosario el Anhelo, where boys and girls begin to take on responsibilities in the milpa (cornfield) and the kitchen. Furthermore, it revisits private rituality as a way to understand the reasons behind collective yet internal actions, that is, familial. The criteria of truth and validity remain, where practices underpin what is known as knowledge, stemming from this hard nucleus, resistant to change, in which cultural expressions develop and relate to lived experiences, transforming from peripheral elements.