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Autor Fernández Juárez, Gerardo |
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The anthropological study of hexes, or forms of damage provocation, among the Amerindian peoples is yet to receive adequate ethnographic attention from experts, unlike consideration of so-called "cultural affiliation syndromes" which have been s[...]texto impreso
Within the very complex performance of a witches’ Sabbath, this article focuses on their meals and its different expressions according to inquisitorial records, while putting great emphasis on the trial of the witches of Zugarramurdi, whose ‘act[...]texto impreso
Manuel Chura's document, an Aymara ritualist (yatiri) who works by taking care of his patients in La Paz, shows the importance of the conversation, the appropiated use of word and the sight of dreamed images during his initiation. El testimonio [...]texto impreso
There are cults in Andean societies that are alien to the Catholic orthodoxy, yet assimilated as popular manifestations of Catholicism under the tutelage of the Church. The case of "Niño compadrito", venerated in Tambo del Montero, near Plaza de[...]texto impreso
The author offers a number of suggestions and reflections after a fieldwork experience in Bolivia let him explore the merits that an intercultural approach applied to health care-related issues have for a better relationship between westernized [...]texto impreso
Las ofrendas aymaras denominadas mesas se inscriben dentro de un amplio marco genérico en el cual la reciprocidad constituye una condición indispensable en el éxito del entramado social pertinente que se establece entre las personas y los seres [...]texto impreso
The aymara societes of the bolivían plateau make a link of culinary reciprocity with the protector beings of their geographical landscape. Both men and «gods» have to take care of each other to subsist; the aymaras feed their gods with the speci[...]texto impreso
The periodic exhumation and moving of dead bodies is a ritual of long history in the Central Andes, as revealed by “programs to extirpate idolatry” in the 16th and 17th centuries as well as ethnography on current All-Saints Day celebrations. Des[...]