The Fiesta de La Caporalía among the Navinos (central Andes): cosmological synthesis andrelational persons

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https://doi.org/10.11606/1678-9857.ra.2022.215904

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Quechua, shamanism, person, relations, ontology

Abstract

Recent works devoted to the production of person among the Quechua highlight the practice of shamanism. This article examines the Fiesta de La Caporalía, a ritual celebration of the Navinos from the upper Huaura (central Andes of Peru). In it, the Caporales dance wearing variations of catholic priestly garments, an act in which a shamanic practice that is significant in the relational ontology of the navino person can be recognized. Following Strathern’s theoretical insights, the Navino person can be thought as a composite of relations with human and other-than-human alterities fostered by the washka, a native operator of sociality. The article reflects on the ways in which La Caporalía celebrates such relations.

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  • Gustavo Gutiérrez-Suárez, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

    Gustavo Gutiérrez-Suárez es Doctorando del Programa de Post-Graduación en Antropología Social, de la Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Integra el Núcleo de Antropología de las Sociedades Indígenas y Tradicionales (NIT/UFRGS). Ha sido profesor en la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Perú).

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Gutiérrez-Suárez, G. (2024). The Fiesta de La Caporalía among the Navinos (central Andes): cosmological synthesis andrelational persons. Revista De Antropologia, 67. https://doi.org/10.11606/1678-9857.ra.2022.215904