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      EL PROCESO DE INICIACIÓN AL CURANDERISMO EN LA PAMPA (ARGENTINA) Translated title: INITIATION PROCESS IN TRADITIONAL HEALER IN LA PAMPA (ARGENTINA)

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          El propósito de este artículo es mostrar, mediante una profunda descripción analítica, los complejos procesos de iniciación y obtención de poder por parte de los curanderos entre los criollos de la provincia de La Pampa, Argentina. Sobre la base de materiales etnográficos originales se describen y analizan detalladamente los conocimientos acerca de remedios vernáculos y técnicas terapéutico-rituales, así como el conjunto de actividades que denotan las prácticas curanderiles como resultado de la iniciación y que van más allá de la terapia, tales como el daño y la adivinación. En segunda instancia, se presentan y examinan los procesos de iniciación propiamente dichos y los caminos de obtención de poder, señalando la existencia de dos alternativas principales: (a) el traspaso de poder y conocimiento de parte de otro curandero y (b) la superación de una experiencia vital de carácter crítico, considerando especialmente la adquisición de auxiliares (vírgenes, santos y muertos).

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          The aim of this article is to show, through deep analytical description, the complex processes of initiation and empowerment of traditional healers among European Argentines -mostly Spanish and Italian in origin- who settled in the Province of La Pampa, Argentina. Based on original ethnographic research, I describe and analyze knowledge about traditional remedies and therapeutic-ritual techniques, as well as the practices of traditional healers as a result of initiation, such as damage and divination. Secondly, the proper initiation processes and ways of obtaining power are presented and discussed, distinguishing two main alternatives: (a) the transfer of power and knowledge from one healer to another member of the community prior to initiation and (b) overcoming a life experience of a critical nature, especially considering the procurement of helpers (virgins, saints and dead people).

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                Journal
                chungara
                Chungará (Arica)
                Chungará (Arica)
                Universidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. Departamento de Antropología (Arica, , Chile )
                0717-7356
                2012
                : 44
                : 4
                : 707-715
                Affiliations
                [01] Buenos Aires orgnameInstituto Universitario Nacional de Arte orgdiv1Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas orgdiv2Centro Argentino de Etnología Americana Argentina
                Article
                S0717-73562012000400011 S0717-7356(12)04400411
                10.4067/S0717-73562012000400011
                b353ab4b-838a-4eb1-863d-5969ab19dc0a

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : June 2010
                : June 2012
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 31, Pages: 9
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                SciELO Chile

                Categories
                Antropología Social

                Argentina,La Pampa,curandero,medicina tradicional,folk healer,Traditional medicine

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