Published
2014-01-01

Sacralidad, tormento y rescate: la vida social de la chicha muisca

Sacredness, torment and rescue: the social life of the muisca chicha

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15332/s2339-3688.2014.0001.04
Pablo Felipe Gómez-Montañez

Abstract (en)

From the theoretical formulations of Appadurai and based on secondary historical sources and ethnographic data collected between muiscas communities for over seven years, this article examines the chicha (or fapqua, a muisca ritual drink) as a social object with a life on its own, whose culture and moral meanings are related to the historical contexts in which this drink is framed. Therefore, the chicha went from its original sacred meaning to be demonized, and then to regain back its sacredness

Keywords (en): Social life, chicha, muiscas, social representations.

Abstract (es)

A la luz de las formulaciones teóricas de Appadurai y con base en fuentes históricas secundarias y datos etnográficos recogidos entre comunidades muiscas por más de siete años, este artículo estudia la chicha –o fapqua muisca– como cosa social con vida propia, cuyos significados culturales y morales se transforman en relación con los contextos históricos en los que esta bebida se enmarca, de forma tal que pasó de su primigenio sentido sagrado a ser satanizada, para luego recuperar de nuevo su sacralidad.
Keywords (es): vida social, chicha, muiscas, representaciones sociales

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Gómez-Montañez, P. F. (2014). Sacredness, torment and rescue: the social life of the muisca chicha. Campos En Ciencias Sociales, 2(1), 139-160. https://doi.org/10.15332/s2339-3688.2014.0001.04