Sol e lua na iconografia Tikuna

Priscila Faulhaber

Authors

Priscila Faulhaber

Keywords:

Asterisms, stars, narratives, Tikuna, dynamics, conflicts

Abstract

Based on Tikuna testimonies in Brazilian and Colombian communities, I analyze the relationship between celestial bodies in depictions drawn by those Indians, whose understanding is correlated to narratives associated to ritual practices. The anthropological examination of the testimonies resides in the interpretation of this type of iconography based on the evidence that they accomplish systematic observation of the sky based on their conceptions about sky-earth relationships. The contribution of these analyses for the Cultural Astronomy consists in the fact that this people that is still alive present enunciations referring to astronomical phenomena according to cultural variables articulate to current social relationships. According to these narratives expressed in the Tikuna iconography, the stars have already had earthly existence and their ascension to the skies usually evocates previous events that defined the provenance of the people, the kinship social organization, determined functions and feminine and male characteristics and the obligation of obeying certain ritual prescription during the Young Girl’s Festival. [...]

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