…men, convinced the people to cover their bodies with nalca leaves. This angered the Creator, who punished the snakes by removing their feet and condemning them to slither along the…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…protection. Their belief system can be classified as animist, with all natural phenomena ‘culturalized’ as spirits. The tribe’s cosmic vision was a solemn topic, and therefore conversations on this topic…
Music and Dance
…or stop it, songs to ensure a good harvest, to invoke the spirits and ancestors, to guide the dead, and so on. Music also plays an important social role as…
Yámana
…The music of the Yámana, like that of all the indigenous peoples of Tierra del Fuego, was characterized by the absence of all musical instruments except the voice, which…
Warrior Headgear
…combatants wore helmets consisting of a dense, solid wooden shell covered with coils of twisted plant fiber bound with camelid yarn. Tied under the chin with a cord, the helmet…
Implements for Inhaling Hallucinogenic Substances
…The nasal inhalation or ‘snuffing’ of hallucinogenic substances was a very common practice among the pre-Hispanic peoples of northern Chile. The substances inhaled were usually made from the…
Cueca Al pasar por un jardín y doña Tila Morales
…Luego de cantar a lo divino a la Virgen del Paso del Clarillo, los cantores pircano se alegran cantando y bailando cuecas. Chosto Ulloa toca guitarra y canta, Audilio…
Darwin. Un viaje al fin del mundo
…Darwin a bordo del Beagle. Dio la vuelta al mundo pasando por América del Sur. La pampa argentina, los canales patagónicos, el sur de Chile, la cordillera de Los Andes…
Instrumentos musicales mapuche 1
…de coliwe Domingo Maliqueo. Roble Huacho – Trutruka de cañería José Luis Huilkamán. Collinque – Trutruka de cañería Olegario Queupumil. Kachím – Corneta de coliwe Rogelio Queupumil. Liquiñe – Ñolkín…
Llama Caravans in the Desert
…At least once every year, Altiplano herders would journey to the lowlands with their llama herds in order to exchange locally made goods for those produced by lowland…
Economy
…that were bent with fire then formed into a boat shape, with two side planks fitted alongside a longer central plank to form a long, narrow canoe. The planks were…
The petroglyphs of Kalina
…Eight kilometers south of Alero de Taira is the archeological site of Calina Oeste, an open-air campcontaining the remains of several circular stone-walled dwellings. The camp’s former occupants…