…The community provides the organizational structure of Atacameño society and gives form to the social, economic and religious relations that govern a given territory owned communally by a number…
Pueblos atacameños: estilo y entusiasmo 1969-1988
…Recopilación de cantos y música atacameña registradas por distintos investigadores entre 1969 y 1988 en las comunidades de Peine, Socaire, Cámar, Talabre, Toconao, San Pedro de Atacama y Caspana….
Social Organization
…Traditional Quechua communities are organized into groups based on extended family or friendship ties, and their members live in both urban and rural settings. The community comes together for…
Rapa Nui
…the Philippines, Indonesia and the Far East. In the centuries of colonial rule, the coasts of the Kingdom had to be protected against the commercial expansion of other European powers…
Economy
…with complex water systems. Livestock husbandry was based on alpacas and llamas before the arrival of the Spanish; today, sheep, goats and mules are also raised. The people obtained meat,…
Organización Social
…a strategic role in Mapuche society, while colonial authorities attempted unsuccessfully to bolster the role of the lonkos, local community chiefs. After the Mapuche were defeated in 1881, a protectorate…
The Fox and the Rabbit
…body and head with his back feet, completely sticking himself to it. At that precise moment, Fox walked by and Rabbit said, “Hey friend, pull me off here! A gentleman…
The story of chimango
…same blood sausage, and he ate it ravenously. The others laughed at him secretly, but two who were his good friends in the camp finally felt compassion for him and…
The condor and the shepherdess
…thinking of her family and her community far away, she wept because none of them could help her. The condor tried to be kind, and to care for her as…
History
…giving the territory its name and endowing the land with the aura of a mythical land inhabited by giants. Although the Tehuelche had a common way of life and language,…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…is called ‘liturgy’. This syncreticism is particularly evident in community festivals celebrated on the feast days of patron saints, during Holy Week, and on All Saints’ Day. The group’s belief…
History
…comenzar un nuevo modo de vida pastoril. Algunas similitudes en la industria cerámica que tenían, permiten establecer relaciones de intercambio con poblaciones contemporáneas de la vertiente oriental de Los Andes,…
Economy
…The Aymara economy is based on two ancestral principles: complementarity and reciprocity. Through complementarity, the Aymara take advantage of the different products that can be grown or produced in…
Economy
…these vessels comes from miniature models left as grave goods by fishermen of the late Arica culture. The models show three pieces of wood, the central one beam than the…
Art
…found show signs of having been patched or repaired on many occasions, or reused for other purposes. This suggests that such goods were hard to come by, and many were…
Economy
…The Mapuche economy has changed significantly over time. In the 16th century, the people had a hunting–gathering mode of subsistence, complemented by the quasi-domestication of camelid herds and non-intensive…
Settlement patterns
…local groups were composed of different “houses” separated from each other and in which the males of each lineage lived with their wives and unattached daughters. The males’ spouses had…
Settlement patterns
…human community; the sallqa, the surrounding wilderness where plants and animals live; and the huacas, composed of Pachamama, the mountain spirits and other ‘powerful’ places, the stars, and other personified…
Social Organization
…Traditional Diaguita society tended to be was organized around family and extended family ties. But the modern Diaguita indigenous community has only recently emerged, under the auspices of Indigenous…
The devils`tale
…behind her if they come. A while later the men arrive and begin to dance outside the house. They then enter the house and ask what there is to eat….
Settlement pattern
…Fueron sociedades ganaderas y horticultoras que, sin abandonar por completo la movilidad del período anterior, combinaban la estabilidad aldeana con desplazamientos estacionales a la alta puna y los oasis…
History
…indigenous communities inhabiting the ancient settlements of Cosca, Amincha and Alota. The same thing occurred in the San Pedro River basin, where the sulfur mine of Línzor was a focal…