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Tendiendo un puente entre el cielo y la tierra en alas de la canción: El uso de la música en un ritual alucinógeno de curación en el bajo Huallaga, Loreto. Perú

Anthony Stocks

Amazonía Peruana January 14, 1979 DOI: 10.52980/revistaamazonaperuana.vi4.235 via OpenAlex

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The meaning of music used by a semi-urbanized shaman in eastern Peru during an ayahuasca healing ceremony is clarified through a joint analysis of ritual and musical structures. The analysis suggests that music in such hallucinogenic rituals is an important and integral symbolic and structural feature of the ritual, in addition to providing psychological support and guidance to participants.

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Population A semi-urbanized shaman in eastern Peru
Keywords Humanities Art
Citations 2
Key finding Music in ayahuasca healing ceremonies is an integral symbolic and structural feature of the ritual, beyond providing psychological support.

Abstract

El "significado" de la música utilizada por un chamán semiurbanizado en el oriente peruano durante una ceremonia de curación de la ayahuasca se aclara mediante un análisis conjunto de estructuras rituales y musicales. Se sugiere que la música en tales rituales alucinógenos es una característica simbólica y estructural importante e integral del ritual, además de proporcionar apoyo psicológico y orientación a los participantes.

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