Simbolismo del ritual de paso femenino entre los Wayuu de la alta Guajira
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Mazzoldi, Maya
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2004
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La interpretación de los relatos recopilados en torno al ritual de paso femenino celebrado en la tradición de la etnia wayuu se enfoca en los actos rituales que dan cuenta del paso de la niña a la mujer ideal. Esa importante inscripción cultural remite a la creencia en lo sagrado presente en la educación de la sexualidad, la personalidad y el comportamiento de la mujer y del hombre. A través de la experiencia de mujeres de distinta generación de la Alta Guajira, este artículo se aproxima a las motivaciones y estados anímicos (inducidos mediante la disciplina ritual) que persisten en ellas junto con el sincretismo de sus lugares de vida. Este pasaje de la infancia a la adolescencia se inscribe mediante un ritual de la pubertad física, corto (de tres a cinco días), sucedido por una larga ceremonia de iniciación o noviciado que llamo “ritual de la pubertad social”. Llamo al conjunto “Simbolismo del ritual de paso femenino”, refiriéndome a la apreciación estética y moral inherente a la modificación corporal de la púber y a la intención de los elementos sagrados que conforman el ritual.
Abstract. This article interprets Wayuu men and women narratives around women initiation ritual practice that marks the step through which girls become ideal women. This important cultural inscription refers to beliefs of the sacred instilled through their sexual education, patterns of gender roles, expectations and personality. Focusing on the experience from different generations of women from the Alta Guajira region, this article addresses the long term-induced motivations and moods through ritual discipline that are part of synchretic spaces of their social life. The ritual of physical puberty is short (from three to five days) and followed by a longer initiating ceremony that I call “Ritual of social puberty”. “Symbolism of feminine initiation ritual” refers to the aesthetics and morals that are inherent to the changes inflicted upon the body of the initiate as well as the purposes of the sacred elements that constitute the ritual.
Abstract. This article interprets Wayuu men and women narratives around women initiation ritual practice that marks the step through which girls become ideal women. This important cultural inscription refers to beliefs of the sacred instilled through their sexual education, patterns of gender roles, expectations and personality. Focusing on the experience from different generations of women from the Alta Guajira region, this article addresses the long term-induced motivations and moods through ritual discipline that are part of synchretic spaces of their social life. The ritual of physical puberty is short (from three to five days) and followed by a longer initiating ceremony that I call “Ritual of social puberty”. “Symbolism of feminine initiation ritual” refers to the aesthetics and morals that are inherent to the changes inflicted upon the body of the initiate as well as the purposes of the sacred elements that constitute the ritual.