Uso y simbolismo de los venenos de pesca en las tierras bajas de Colombia, Suramérica
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a balance between the botanic and the ethnographic studies dealing with the fishing poisons used by indigenous groups of both the Orinoquia and the Amazonian’s basins in Colombia. In the first place, a description of the use of these species in each indigenous group is...
- Autores:
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Mejía, Luis Eduardo
Turbay Ceballos, Sandra María
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of investigation
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2007
- Institución:
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UdeA
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/8223
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10495/8223
- Palabra clave:
- Botánica
Colombia
Etnografía
Indígenas de Colombia
Indígenas de Colombia - Aspectos culturales
Mitología - Investigaciones
Pesca
Pesca - Colombia
Río Amazonas
Río Orinoco
Venenos
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombia
| Summary: | ABSTRACT: This paper presents a balance between the botanic and the ethnographic studies dealing with the fishing poisons used by indigenous groups of both the Orinoquia and the Amazonian’s basins in Colombia. In the first place, a description of the use of these species in each indigenous group is made and their pharmacological properties are characterized. Next, an analysis is made about the traits of these poisons and their repercussions in the symbolic universe of the groups. The study explains, particularly, why women in most indigenous groups are forbidden to manipulate those poisons. Despite comprising a great region where various ethnic groups of different linguistic families live, the analysis shows that they share many common elements in terms of myths and beliefs associated with the venoms. |
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