Chamanismo, Terminological Review From the Art/power to Cure Between the Wayuu and Yanomami
Abstract
The present article has as objective to analyze an aspect of the social life of the indigenous peoples of the world, the healers or wise men that have the power of the cure and to throw incantations on the life, the death, the health, the illness to. We intend to advance our reflection starting from the term chamanismo and then to contrast at the light of the healing systems of Yanomami and Wayuu peoples. The healer, chamán, man-medicine will be approached from the Social and Cultural Anthropology. Across the indigenous cultures, the chamán or shamán is part of a symbolic universe that allows to
illustrate the way how the referred social actors build their experience and trajectory as healers of the body and spirit. The self made healer in the systems of cure yanomami and wayuu propitiates a series of rites, rituals and specific behaviors to became and consolidate each one as healers.
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