AMERINDIAN PERSPECTIVISM AND THE ANIMIST COSMOLOGY OF THE CHIQUITANO PEOPLE

Authors

  • Aloir Pacini Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.33180

Keywords:

Perspectivism, Animism, Chiquitano.

Abstract

This work thinks over the chiquitano perspective of living, which can be understood as some sort of animism, once it deems that all elements of nature possess souls, to which the Chiquitanos relate. The understanding of the Chiquitanos’ ethnic identity appears in theirs ceremonies and in the relationship of the believers with the Saints and hitchis. There are several rituals – such as curussé, romarias and festas de Santo – able to reveal the Chiquitanos’ ethnic identity and the permanent cultural flow in their traditional territory.

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Author Biography

Aloir Pacini, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso

Antropólogo do Departamento de Antropologia da UFMT.

Published

2012-12-29

How to Cite

PACINI, Aloir. AMERINDIAN PERSPECTIVISM AND THE ANIMIST COSMOLOGY OF THE CHIQUITANO PEOPLE. Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 6, n. 2, p. 137, 2012. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.33180. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/33180. Acesso em: 14 aug. 2025.

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