these elements work in favor of others. Visualized as indicated, he is appointed as the first councilor, delegating community work responsibilities. There are five councilor positions, successively up to the fifth, the jobs are operational signed by a higher position, each of these transitory stages has a period of one year and in the hierarchical order the rods are transferred in a symbolic way, concluding with the thickest rod which is that of the mayor of vara and is the last position to later be able to assume a position of elder council. Every January 6, the different regions or gullies meet as well as the councils and the board of directors, the candle of rods consists of gathering all the rods, carrying out the celebration of a ritual, preparing the act of handover to the aldermen, mayors symbolically receive their rods, having completed their period of preparation in each of the positions. Regarding the indigenous people, there is an article in their legal statutes that mentions what refers to elections, specifying the constitution of an indigenous electoral council for a specific period in Nicaragua. This regulatory body is elected by the council of elders made up of a president, vice president, secretary and a person in charge of logistics. The function of this body is to administer the entire electoral process. All older citizens are free to vote with an indigenous identity card or not, mestizo or non-mestizo. There are 52 communities that participate in the elections Language Matagalpa people spoke the Cacaopera and Matagalpa language, both of which are Misumalpan languages and are now extinct. References External Links and Further Reading Cacaopera artwork, National Museum of the American Indian Vestiges of Ancient Indigenous Language Still Found Today in Matagalpa’s Northern Highlands Almeida, I., Arrobo Rodas, N., & Ojeda Segovia, L. (2005). Autonomía Indígena. Ecuador: S.E. Arauz, E. K. (2010). Raíces del Centro Norte de Nicaragua. Managua: S.E. Balendier, G. (2005). Antropología Política. Buenos Aires: Del Sol. Carmack, R. M. (1993). Historia general de Centro América: Historia Antigua. Madrid: SIRUELA. CIDCA-UCA. (2006). Género, etnias y partidos políticos en las elecciones regionales. Revista del caribe nicaragüense, 10-22. Revista Nicaragüense de Antropología. Año 1 No. 1/2017 Kuhl, E. (2006). Indios matagalpas: Lenguas cuentos y leyenda. Lehmann, H. (1973). Las culturas precolombinas. Argentina: EUDEBA. Leslie Bethell, e. (1990). Historia de América Latina. ESPAÑA: Editorial Critica Barcelona. Monachon, D., & Gonda, N. (2011).