Paseando por Chiapas... Acercamiento a una tipología de los terapeutas tradicionales choles de Tila

This article begins with the conception of Choles- Mayan people from the south of Mexico to whom the sense of illness and healing is related to the idea of universal balance. Illness is considered a punishment which leads to reflect upon one´s own moral and social behavior. Getting ill will not be a...

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Autor principal: MARÍA CRISTINA MANCA
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa 1996
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=74711374002
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=mx/mx-023&d=74711374002oai
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Sumario:This article begins with the conception of Choles- Mayan people from the south of Mexico to whom the sense of illness and healing is related to the idea of universal balance. Illness is considered a punishment which leads to reflect upon one´s own moral and social behavior. Getting ill will not be accidental or fortuitous. Therapy involves all the family and the healing methods depend on each case. The author sets up a typology in which healers are classified in terms of the type of illness they are able to diagnose and therefore, challenge healing.