Dancing for Uwí – Rituals and Ontologies on the Move

IF 1.9 4区物理与天体物理 Q2 BIOLOGY

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.3790/soc.71.1.33

Elke Mader

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Abstract

Dancing for Uwí (peach palm, Bactris gasipaes), a calendric ritual celebrated by the Shuar in the Ecuadorian Amazon region, forms part of a mainly animistic ontology, and has been reframed repeatedly during the past century in interaction with shifting historical, political and cultural contexts. The power field associated with Uwí is extensive, and encompasses life and death: on the one hand, Uwí stands at the centre of the ritualization of life, growth, procreativity and abundance; on the other hand, he embodies destructive agency, which has been linked with warfare and its diverse ritual frames. Uwí represents, at the same time, a significant dimension of a Shuar theory of life, as well as a figure within their theory of power, and is closely connected to conviviality and the good life. During the 1960s and 1970s Uwí was adopted and adapted by intercultural Catholic liturgy, and has acquired new ritual elements and new meanings in this context. In recent years, after large gaps between performances from the 1970s to the new millennium, Uwí and his celebration has been merged with the performance of indigeneity as part of intercultural politics in Ecuador. In this framework, the performance of an animistic ontology has been interconnected with the cultural turn in indigenous politics. This contribution explores several questions concerning ontological trajectories, as well as the relationship of ritual and cultural performances to historical developments and political issues.

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跳舞为Uwí -仪式和本体论在移动

为Uwí(桃棕，Bactris gasipaes)跳舞，是厄瓜多尔亚马逊地区Shuar人庆祝的日历仪式，主要是万物有灵论本体论的一部分，在过去的一个世纪中，随着历史、政治和文化背景的变化，舞蹈被反复重新定义。与Uwí相关的权力场是广泛的，包括生命和死亡:一方面，Uwí站在生命、成长、生育和丰富的仪式化的中心;另一方面，他体现了破坏性代理，这与战争及其各种仪式框架有关。同时，Uwí代表了Shuar生活理论的一个重要维度，也是他们权力理论中的一个人物，与欢乐和美好生活密切相关。在20世纪60年代和70年代，Uwí被跨文化天主教礼拜仪式采用和改编，并在此背景下获得了新的仪式元素和新的意义。近年来，在经历了从1970年代到新千年之间的巨大表演差距之后，Uwí和他的庆祝活动已经与土著表演融合在一起，成为厄瓜多尔跨文化政治的一部分。在这个框架中，泛灵论本体论的表现与本土政治中的文化转向相互关联。这篇文章探讨了几个关于本体论轨迹的问题，以及仪式和文化表演与历史发展和政治问题的关系。

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Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 生物-生物学

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3.20

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>12 weeks

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