sacred sites and territory Wiwa

This article explores several territorial dynamics, based on their symbolic and social importance. It asks for the role the sacred plays in the construction of the territory and the ways in which, from this starting point, a set of associations and belongings to a determined group is created. To thi...

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Autor Principal: Cordoba Ponce, Erich Mauricio; Universidad del Magdalena
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2006
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/article/view/2085
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Sumario: This article explores several territorial dynamics, based on their symbolic and social importance. It asks for the role the sacred plays in the construction of the territory and the ways in which, from this starting point, a set of associations and belongings to a determined group is created. To this end, the work studies several places that are considered sacred inside Gotshezhi, a Wiwa village located in the lower river basin of the Guachaca river, in the northeast of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Martha.