Evita en Europa

Las relaciones que se establecieron entre las comunidades indígenas de la Guajira (Colombia y Venezuela) con las sociedades y autoridades de las provincias de Riohacha y Maracaibo, en el período 1750-1850, respondieron a intereses que cada una tuvo en determinadas circunstancias. En Riohacha estuvieron mediadas por una larga trayectoria de contactos, negociaciones y enfrentamientos que se iniciaron desde mediados del siglo XVI; en la provincia de Maracaibo tal proceso no parece darse sino hasta bien entrada la segunda mitad del siglo XIX.

PALO MONTE MAYOMBE LA NFINDA Y LA CONCEPCIÓN DEL SER Y DEL CONOCIMIENTO. En el Palo Monte Mayombe los nganguleros establecen grupos clasificatorios en los que agru­pan a todos los seres que existen en la “Nfinda” o naturaleza estos son: Los seres “ambaro” son aquellos que son inteligentes al poseer la fuerza “ntu” o inteligencia; y son: “Nsambia” (Dios) los “mpungu” o santos congos, los “nfuiri ntoto” o espíritus difuntos y los “bantú” o seres humanos. Los seres “matui” son aquellos que pertenecen al mundo animal, vegetal y mineral; todos ellos carentes de...

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

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