La face cachée de l’ancestralité. Masques et affinité chez les Matis d’Amazonie brésilienne
Faces from the past. Masks, ancestors and affines of the Matis (Amazonas, Brazil). This paper shows how Matis masks reveal Western Amazonian conceptions of temporality and generational continuity. After a discussion of the ceremonial aspects of the masquerade and of the ontological characteristics a...
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| description | Faces from the past. Masks, ancestors and affines of the Matis (Amazonas, Brazil). This paper shows how Matis masks reveal Western Amazonian conceptions of temporality and generational continuity. After a discussion of the ceremonial aspects of the masquerade and of the ontological characteristics attributed to mariwin spirits, it suggests that the latter represent virtual affines rather than ancestors, despite their intimate links with the group’s deceased forebears and endogenous values. Considerations about the possibility of former preferential ritual relations with the neighboring Katukina-Kanamari are also presented. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6019f3c02b00470f816c2e3881f353f12025-02-05T15:53:55ZengSociété des américanistesJournal de la Société des Américanistes0037-91741957-78422004-01-0190111914210.4000/jsa.510La face cachée de l’ancestralité. Masques et affinité chez les Matis d’Amazonie brésiliennePhilippe EriksonFaces from the past. Masks, ancestors and affines of the Matis (Amazonas, Brazil). This paper shows how Matis masks reveal Western Amazonian conceptions of temporality and generational continuity. After a discussion of the ceremonial aspects of the masquerade and of the ontological characteristics attributed to mariwin spirits, it suggests that the latter represent virtual affines rather than ancestors, despite their intimate links with the group’s deceased forebears and endogenous values. Considerations about the possibility of former preferential ritual relations with the neighboring Katukina-Kanamari are also presented.https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/510allianceancestorsmasksritualinterethnic relationseschatology |
| spellingShingle | Philippe Erikson La face cachée de l’ancestralité. Masques et affinité chez les Matis d’Amazonie brésilienne Journal de la Société des Américanistes alliance ancestors masks ritual interethnic relations eschatology |
| title | La face cachée de l’ancestralité. Masques et affinité chez les Matis d’Amazonie brésilienne |
| title_full | La face cachée de l’ancestralité. Masques et affinité chez les Matis d’Amazonie brésilienne |
| title_fullStr | La face cachée de l’ancestralité. Masques et affinité chez les Matis d’Amazonie brésilienne |
| title_full_unstemmed | La face cachée de l’ancestralité. Masques et affinité chez les Matis d’Amazonie brésilienne |
| title_short | La face cachée de l’ancestralité. Masques et affinité chez les Matis d’Amazonie brésilienne |
| title_sort | la face cachee de l ancestralite masques et affinite chez les matis d amazonie bresilienne |
| topic | alliance ancestors masks ritual interethnic relations eschatology |
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