DEATH AND MORTUARY RITUALS AMONG THE AYMARA PEOPLE

Authors

  • JUAN VAN KESSEL Universidad del Norte

Keywords:

Ethnography, Aimara Community, Mortuary Ritual

Abstract

The article presents a bright and detailed ethnographic description of the difference Vays how to present Aymara Indians focuse death in the Highlands of Iquique (Pampa de Lirima, Cultane). Each step of the mortuary ritual is followed in detail. The author brings together some (' basic comparative ideas concerning death, as they emerge from his description and analysis. 

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Author Biography

JUAN VAN KESSEL, Universidad del Norte

Instituto de sociología

References

l.-MARTINEZ SOTO-AGUILAR, GABRIEL: "Humor y Sacralidad en el Mundo Autóctono Andino"; U. de Chile, mecanografiado, Iquique, 1974.
2.-MONAST, JACQUES: On le croyait chrétiens: Les Aymaras: París, Editions du Cerf, 1969.
3.-NACHTIGALL, HORST: lndianische Fisch:er, Feldbauer und Vieh- 7JÜChter;Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlín. 1966.
4.-PAREDES, M. R.: Mitos, Supersticiones y Supervivencias populares de Bolivia; 3\\ Edición corregida, La Paz. Cfr. Cap. IX, Prácticas
Funerarias (289-309). 1963.

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Published

1979-01-01

How to Cite

VAN KESSEL, J. (1979). DEATH AND MORTUARY RITUALS AMONG THE AYMARA PEOPLE. Revista De Geografía Norte Grande, (6), 77–93. Retrieved from https://ojs.uc.cl/index.php/RGNG/article/view/39381

Issue

No. 6 (1979)

Section

Artículos