De los candires a Kandire. La invención de un mito chiriguano
From the Candires to Kandire. The invention of a Chiriguano myth. This paper examines the contradiction between the current use of the term « Kandire » and what the 16th century sources – which are the only ones that actually mention the word – can teach us about it. Currently « Kandire » is assimil...
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| Language: | English |
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Société des américanistes
2006-06-01
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| Series: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/3139 |
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| Summary: | From the Candires to Kandire. The invention of a Chiriguano myth. This paper examines the contradiction between the current use of the term « Kandire » and what the 16th century sources – which are the only ones that actually mention the word – can teach us about it. Currently « Kandire » is assimilated to the « land without evil » of the Bolivian Guaraní-Chiriguano. The analysis of colonial texts, however, reveals that the first mention of the term designates a concrete people called « the Candires », who can easily be associated with the Incas; the second « Candire » is assimilated to the idea of Paytiti; and, finally, the third use of the term relates to the « Candire » god of the Itatin Chiriguano. The assimilation of « Kandire » to a « land without evil », or at least its inclusion in a religious complex of representations, can only be attested among the Itatin branch of the Chiriguano and not among the ethnic groups that gave birth to the current Bolivian Chiriguano. Among them, the Kandire myth is more a process of « invention of tradition » than the original founding belief which several authors present and use nowadays. |
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| ISSN: | 0037-9174 1957-7842 |