Areruya and Indigenous Prophetism in Northern Amazonia
1st Edition
Published on 8. August 2024
296 pages
978-1-350-33870-8 (ISBN)
Description
Based on four years of ethnographic research, this book discusses the presence of Christianity on Areruya, an indigenous religious movement practiced by the Ingarikó in Northern Amazonia.
Tracing the role of 19th-century missionaries in the region, the book shows how shamans started to announce the coming of a cataclysm, associated with the promise of indigenous salvation in Christian paradise and the acquisition of the colonizers' goods. It also explores how the ancient mythological elaboration of salvation after death was reinforced through both an appropriation of some aspects of Christianity and the development of a very violent form of shamanism, which epitomizes the evilness ascribed to the human condition on earth.
Virgínia Amaral offers a valuable reflection on cultural transformations, revealing how Areruya is not only a shamanic appropriation of Christianity, but also an indigenous and ritualized interpretation of colonization.
Tracing the role of 19th-century missionaries in the region, the book shows how shamans started to announce the coming of a cataclysm, associated with the promise of indigenous salvation in Christian paradise and the acquisition of the colonizers' goods. It also explores how the ancient mythological elaboration of salvation after death was reinforced through both an appropriation of some aspects of Christianity and the development of a very violent form of shamanism, which epitomizes the evilness ascribed to the human condition on earth.
Virgínia Amaral offers a valuable reflection on cultural transformations, revealing how Areruya is not only a shamanic appropriation of Christianity, but also an indigenous and ritualized interpretation of colonization.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
26 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-1-350-33870-8 (9781350338708)
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Person
Virgínia Amaral is a researcher currently associated with The National Museum, Brazil. She has been a collaborator of the Ingarikó Indigenous People's Council for over ten years.
Content
List of Figures
Introduction
1. Ingariko: the Kapon of the Upper Kuwatin River
2. The Colonization of the Circum-Roraima Region and the Kapon and Pemon Prophetisms
3. The Origin of Areruya According to the Kapon and Pemon
4. Areruya as Practiced and Conceived by the Ingariko
5. The Pukkenak and the Kanaimë: Vertical and Underground Shamanisms
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1. Ingariko: the Kapon of the Upper Kuwatin River
2. The Colonization of the Circum-Roraima Region and the Kapon and Pemon Prophetisms
3. The Origin of Areruya According to the Kapon and Pemon
4. Areruya as Practiced and Conceived by the Ingariko
5. The Pukkenak and the Kanaimë: Vertical and Underground Shamanisms
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
