A tale of two brothers
…sees that his poor brother has returned as wealthy as he is, he asks him how he has become so rich—did he come by it honestly or steal it? He…
Historia
…characteristics with early communities in North-Central Chile and Northeastern Argentina, such as the use of the bridge handle, tapered bottle necks, and the crafting of plant and animal figures. But…
Art
Painting was a key element in Tehuelche art and was practiced on different media. Facial and body paints were applied daily as protection from the elements and for…
Semi-Arid North
…was led by a kuraka (head chief). In each valley the segments engaged in rivalry and competed with each other, but they also cooperated. In effect, each valley had two…
Beliefs and funeral rites
…were buried in canoes or hollowed out trunks, others in stone boxes, others directly in the ground and still others in ceramic funeral urns. Urns were the most common form…
Art
The El Molle people were expert stoneworkers who sculpted and polished stone to produce pipes in inverted-T forms, as well as their characteristic lip ornaments known as tembetás,…
Social organization
…El desarrollo aldeano asociado a una arquitectura de carácter ceremonial y la proliferación de nuevas actividades de subsistencia, sugiere un aumento de la complejidad social. Debió existir entre los…
De la tierra a la pantalla
…Viaje al interior de las vidas de tres comunicadores Mapuche que a través de radio, video e Internet, combaten los medios de comunicación masiva con imágenes y los puntos…
Atacameña
…and percussion instruments and laquita pipes). Even so, it is difficult to speak in general terms about Atacameño music, as each community developed its own musical tradition and instruments and…
Haciendo un casco andino
…fino hilado de fibra de camélido se envuelve una trama semiflexible compuesta de tallos de junco, que evoluciona en espiral en torno al armazón, al mismo tiempo que la va…
The Son of the Canelo
…Once, while rubbing together two sticks, Alape discovered fire. His companion was very afraid and put out the fire, because he was not used to the heat. Alape made fire…
Environment and Geography
…The present-day Diaguita people are located in in the Huasco and Choapa river valleys of Chile’s Norte Chico region, where they have officially constituted as indigenous communities, based on…
The story of the Shepherdess
…find that both the shepherdess and his child are gone. Weeping, the condor flies over the hills and countryside without finding any trace of them. Exhausted, he spies a small…
Far South
…were driven to learn and to document what they found; it was necessary to learn about places before one could control them. And how did the 16th century Europeans come…
Kawashkar
…ceremony, while more mundane music focused on everyday activities and human sentiments. Both song and dance were extremely important in Kawashkar initiation rites, with each rite having its own song…
History
…and the Atacama region became part of the Republic of Bolivia. The growth of trade and commerce led to the rapid development of the region, which was annexed by Chile…