AMERINDIAN PERSPECTIVISM AND THE ANIMIST COSMOLOGY OF THE CHIQUITANO PEOPLE
This work thinks over the chiquitano perspective of living, which can be understood as some sort of animism, once it deems that all elements of nature possess souls, to which the Chiquitanos relate. The understanding of the Chiquitanos’ ethnic identity appears in theirs ceremonies and in the relatio...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Espaço ameríndio |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/33180 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/33180 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Perspectivismo Animismo Chiquitano. Perspectivism Animism |
| Sumario: | This work thinks over the chiquitano perspective of living, which can be understood as some sort of animism, once it deems that all elements of nature possess souls, to which the Chiquitanos relate. The understanding of the Chiquitanos’ ethnic identity appears in theirs ceremonies and in the relationship of the believers with the Saints and hitchis. There are several rituals – such as curussé, romarias and festas de Santo – able to reveal the Chiquitanos’ ethnic identity and the permanent cultural flow in their traditional territory. |
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