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Comparative Anthropology of Arts and Memory: Ethnography of Kunas Therapeutic Chants

Mythological Explanation of Illnesses

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Carlo Severi returns to the notion of illness in order to explain the concept of verbal therapy practised by the Kunas through chanting. Using the example of the “Jaguar from the sky” from Kunas mythology, he places illness in a rational schema and defines it as the consequence of man’s illicit or forbidden contact with an animal. Carlo Severi affirms that illness is linked to the notions of human predation and cannibalism in cases of madness. Coming back to the example of the “Jaguar from the sky,” Carlo Severi demonstrates that illness in the Kuna tribe reveals a behaviour of identification with an animal spirit which differs from the state of being a victim. Carlo Severi opens the path a broad reflection on memory by focusing on the role of therapeutic intervention in terms of memorizing and preserving heritage.

Language: French
Length: 00:18:43

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