El gran pago de Mulsina o el arte de mover las montañas
The local geography as it is perceived during protective rituals carried out on Taquile, a small island in Lake Titicaca, provides important data about the organization and perception of a sacred area as it is viewed by members of this insular and agrarian Quechua community. Complex rituals practice...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Institut Français d'Études Andines
2005-08-01
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| Series: | Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/bifea/5506 |
| Summary: | The local geography as it is perceived during protective rituals carried out on Taquile, a small island in Lake Titicaca, provides important data about the organization and perception of a sacred area as it is viewed by members of this insular and agrarian Quechua community. Complex rituals practiced by shamans of the island in order to attract the favourable influence of the divinities (aysamuy) bordering the lake, reveal ancestral strategies. The practices aim at attracting the divinities unto the shamans themselves and to influence tutelary powers located outside the island. The latter divinities separated from one another by hundreds of kilometers are invited once a year to a banquet held at the sanctuary of Mulsina, on the summit of the island. At this occasion, an interpretation of the ashes left over from incinerated offerings contribute to the prediction of the community’s future. |
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| ISSN: | 0303-7495 2076-5827 |