Revista Alteridades
Revista Alteridades
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Celebrar a los santos: sistema de fiestas en el noroccidente de Yucatánhot!
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Francisco J. Fernández Repetto. Celebrate the Saints. Fiesta System in the Northwest of Yucatán.
Through the presentation of the main characteristics of the patron saint fiestas in the northwest of Yucatán, this article explores the concept fiesta system, as proposed by Chance, to describe and analyze patron saint celebrations that show a different organizational pattern from the Mesoamerican cargo system.
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Sistema de cargos y cambio religioso en la Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruzhot!
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Ma. Teresa Rodríguez. Cargo system and religious change in the Zongolica sierra, in Veracruz
In this article, in general terms, the characteristics of the religious organization in a “Nahua” area of the Zongolica sierra in Veracruz are exposed. The importance of the cargo system as an institution that builds up the relationship among different territorial instances of the area is evaluated, as well as the individual participation within an ample and inclusive system. Also, a general view of the presence of noncatholic organizations is exposed, mostly from the area of study. The relevance of this process favouring the dynamics of social relations within the region is as well analyzed.
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Creatividad y sincretismo en un ritual yaquihot!
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Ma. Eugenia Olavarría. Creativity and syncretism in a “Yaqui” ritual.
Beginning with the ethnographic reconstruction of the belief and ritual system of the “Yaquis” from Sonora, this article presents and discusses aspects related to the specific situation of the religion of the “Yoremes”, in order to provide an approach to some of the concepts that have been handled in an ambiguous way regarding the ethnography of native groups from Mexico, for instance, religious affiliation and nonaffiliation, religiosity and syncretism, the statement that only a deep description of religious systems will establish the base for a conceptualization of what we know as a “notion” or in a merely descriptive way is firmly defended.
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El uso popular de la religión popular en América Latina: una introducciónhot!
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Susanna Rostas y André Droogers
Los ensayos presentados por los colaboradores de este libro se orientaron a revisar cómo las religiones y, más específicamente, las religiones populares en América Latina,1 han sido apropiadas y usadas para cualquier fin que tuviesen en mente sus seguidores y personas ajenas a ellas. El objetivo fue explorar la manera en que las religiones populares, que están muy lejos de ser entidades estables, son reformuladas por sus usuarios, en un proceso de invención o reinterpretación permanente.
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