War and peace in the Bora community in the Peruvian Amazon / Wojna i pokój w społeczeństwie Bora w Amazonii peruwiańskiej
Journal Title: Etnografia. Praktyki. Teorie. Doświadczenia / Ethnography. Practices, Theories, Experiences - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
In the article, I discuss the social conflict and violence as well as cultural methods of their neutralization in the culture of Bora Indians from the Peruvian Amazon. The conflict in a small Amazonian community, in which everyone knows each other, is conditioned by the relationships of blood and affinity. The cultural forms of neutralization of the conflict are: migration from places with intense conflict, ceremonial and festive ceremonies. Bora stigmatize each other when their traditional categories of social coexistence – sharing, mutual help, caring for the common good – fail in confrontation with values of the national society.
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Marek Wołodźko
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- EP ID EP687919
- DOI https://doi.org/10.4467/254395379EPT.17.012.9248
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