La espiritualidad y los espacios sagrados en las culturas aborígenes del litoral ecuatoriano
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2017-07-15
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La actual división política de los países, no coincide con la ocupación geográfica de las culturas
aborígenes, que especialmente en los pueblos costeros tuvieron un riquísimo intercambio. Las
expresiones estéticas, permiten pensar, que a más de un elemento utilitario, respondía a un trabajo
psicológico del artesano, sobre sí mismo. En este orden de ideas el símbolo artístico toma un valor
de auto revelación, el lenguaje que podía expresar lo Sagrado (Sat = luz - grado = nivel), es decir un
grado de iluminación en la conciencia se lo llamó religioso. Los espacios sagrados en las sociedades
tradicionales podían ser comprendidos de dos formas: la una proviniendo de las características
geográficas del lugar, tales como un clima saludable, belleza del paisaje, presencia de corrientes
magnéticas o brisas que estimulaban el sistema nerviosos y favorecían la actividad cerebral, la
segunda, en función de las cosas que se hacían en un espacio. Se puede percibir que la sacralidad
puede estar dada por ejemplo por la función de la cultura, el arte o la ciencia. Aquellos espacios o
lugares eran denominados sagrados. Todo ello, estaba ligado a un entendimiento y una
autorrealización personal, más que a un ramillete de creencias. En este trabajo se hace una revisión
bibliográfica e históricas de estas manifestaciones de lo sagrado, entendido como el arte y la cultura
de los aborígenes que habitaron las costas de lo que hoy conocemos como Ecuador, y la forma en
que esta sacralidad influye en la forma de vida de quienes habitamos hoy en día, a partir del
conocimiento y reconocimiento de esta cultura como nuestra
The current political division of the countries does not coincide with the geographical occupation of Aboriginal cultures, which especially in the coastal towns had a very rich exchange. The aesthetic expressions, allow to think, that to more than a utilitarian element, it responded to a psychological work of the craftsman, on itself. In this order of ideas the artistic symbol takes on a value of self revelation, the language that could express the Sacred (Sat = light - degree = level), that is to say a degree of enlightenment in the conscience was called religious. Sacred spaces in traditional societies could be understood in two ways: one arising from the geographical characteristics of the place, such as a healthy climate, beauty of the landscape, presence of magnetic currents or breezes that stimulated the nervous system and favored brain activity, the second, according to the things that were done in a space. One can perceive that sacredness can be given for example by the function of culture, art or science. Those spaces or places were called sacred. All this was linked to a personal understanding and self-realization, rather than a bouquet of beliefs. In this work a bibliographical and historical revision of these manifestations of the sacred is made, understood as the art and the culture of the aborigines that inhabited the coasts of what today we know as Ecuador, and the way in which this sacredness influences the form of life of those we inhabit today, based on the knowledge and recognition of this culture as ours
The current political division of the countries does not coincide with the geographical occupation of Aboriginal cultures, which especially in the coastal towns had a very rich exchange. The aesthetic expressions, allow to think, that to more than a utilitarian element, it responded to a psychological work of the craftsman, on itself. In this order of ideas the artistic symbol takes on a value of self revelation, the language that could express the Sacred (Sat = light - degree = level), that is to say a degree of enlightenment in the conscience was called religious. Sacred spaces in traditional societies could be understood in two ways: one arising from the geographical characteristics of the place, such as a healthy climate, beauty of the landscape, presence of magnetic currents or breezes that stimulated the nervous system and favored brain activity, the second, according to the things that were done in a space. One can perceive that sacredness can be given for example by the function of culture, art or science. Those spaces or places were called sacred. All this was linked to a personal understanding and self-realization, rather than a bouquet of beliefs. In this work a bibliographical and historical revision of these manifestations of the sacred is made, understood as the art and the culture of the aborigines that inhabited the coasts of what today we know as Ecuador, and the way in which this sacredness influences the form of life of those we inhabit today, based on the knowledge and recognition of this culture as ours
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SAGRADO, ABORIGEN, ESPIRITUALIDAD, ESPACIOS, SACRED, ABORIGINAL, SPIRITUALITY, SPACES
Citación
Castro-Pita, P., Morales-Vergara, I., & Rendon-Jaluff, I. (2017). La espiritualidad y los espacios sagrados en las culturas aborígenes del litoral ecuatoriano. Polo del Conocimiento, 2(7), 614-629. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.23857/pc.v2i7.266