January 2008

COSMOVISION HUAMBISA

INTRODUCTION Some years ago we were appointed by the Faculty of Education at the Universidad Alas Peruanas to inaugurate the Teacher Professional Development Program in San Lorenzo, province of Alto Amazonas, Loreto region. There we had the opportunity to meet teachers working in indigenous communities located deep in the Amazon rainforest. As a teacher of Social Sciences, National Reality, Educational Anthropology and Sociology of the tasks was the knowledge of local realities, through the description of the environment, economy and culture of the peoples of the jungle. An interesting work is what made teachers and Narda César Inga Cardozo in his monograph entitled "The Upper Maranon Basin, multilingual and their worldviews, it extract this little story made during an interview with a professor of ethnic Huambisa . To them a big hug of friendship.

COSMOVISION HUAMBISA

"My name is Gerardo Petsain Sharúp , nationality Wampis, the Santiago River. I have thirty-eight years old and I am a bilingual teacher. I worked ten years in the education sector and I have enough experience in working drawings, now performance. I'll tell you about the worldview, in collaboration with José Mashingash, Wampis brother, born in the community of Villa Gonzalo Santiago River, Indian teacher program Training of bilingual teachers in the Peruvian Amazon.

took me time to understand that in the worldview of my people or spaces there were three basic parts: Entsa (water), Nunk (land) and NAYAIM (heaven).

SPACE WATER Entsa

In Entsa, water, Shuar live Tsunki , owners of the site water. They live well on earth as we have material things and animals of all kinds. They consider dogs to a boa, a zúngaro pork, chickens to different types of fish, cockroaches are for them the carachamas also the stripes are your hats, lizards and charapas are your kutág and chimpui (seats). The Tsunki sometimes wore because people fell in love with them and wanted to marry people of the land.

To carry the water and carries them away, but they anticipated several days, several times, by sleep come and invites them to go overboard. People clung to the puzangas (spells). What secrets, what kind of medicine will have the means or Tsunki ?! Then the people can not live peacefully, at any time may want to leave the water and when they notice their family I do not care to ride. A man who has led the Tsunki is difficult to return to earth.

why his family contacted with any iwishin (shaman), who is very fond of Tsunki, and asked to return for the people of the land, which is why every time I walked iwishin controlling, as closing the door. The iwishin communicates with them through the ayahuasca.

THE AREA OF THE EARTH, Nunk.

Nunka , land, is the party with whom we have more to do and we have much knowledge. The land has all the elements. All these elements we relate to and interact with the beings that live in water, on earth and in heaven. In the land live all kinds of animals, trees, rivers, streams, hills, licks, and, most importantly for us, cataracts ( tunas). A cataract

going to swim, is a very clean, where you can heal your entire Saladerie, and you can breathe easier, better wind, better air, freshness, you may think. So you can take that spirit to work and be good with your family and troubleshoot Those who wish to find vision and power of arutam go to the waterfall.

arutam The spirits are often able to appear in different forms and wander throughout the space, but it's the tuna (cataract) the place of their choice. The arutam can take many forms: Uyush (sloth), which gives vision to be without problems all your life. Different types of Pinchu (hawk), the ukuumat (Condor) and yawa uum (tiger) give power to the war. The tsukagká (Toucan) gives power to be smart and not get killed by enemies. The Charip (beam) gives power to do only with the word enemies tremble. The ujumak is like a head with long tusks, their her hair blows like the wind and when no body, pure mind. Turning the head can come and say words how you were born, your destination, you want to go, that tells you exactly. Gives the power to dominate those who are enemies, but not to kill but with strong words have more agreement.

everywhere, both on water and on land, go pagki (boa). The boa is a bridge. When they have obtained boa vision is not easy to get killed. The most important of all is arutam kurakáip . He is a mighty powerful of all land, water and space. Is rarely lives in heaven. When wants to empower a man, at first he feels sorry for the man who is lying there, so skinny, so long, it only gives the song and have heard that song is enough to kill their enemies.

animal owners are iwanch and seatpost, living in the hills. The iwanch are as natural beings, tall, red eyes, long nails and big ears. There is also

iwanch that souls of dead people are turned into owls, red deer and wichikuat . The stem are also high and long hair, are skilled in hunting. The masuin and sham appear when there will be death row.

of medicinal plants, edible plants, all kinds of plants from the farm, the owner is Nunkui , who lives inside the earth. Without her permission we can not get good plants. We contacted her through anent ( Icarus or song to call the spirits).

One of the important beings living on earth and communicates with the other spaces is Jempe (hummingbirds). It's a bird messenger, always know when something will happen.

Wampis Man, when you find vision or power of any being, where there are about tuna (cataract), if there is tuna, hills as well. It goes where no ayámtai (Tambito) and diet several days. Diet is not having a wife, three days can not eat, can take little water and nothing else. Bring prepared its tsaag (snuff), his Maiku (toe) or natem ( ayahuasca), in order to take and seek with enough faith. He who believes in arutam, in humans that give powers, always finds a vision. When they have problems also comes at the inn there, and takes Toé or ayahuasca to master this problem and live better.

SPACE OF HEAVEN, NAYAIM

Nayaim , heaven is a place that is not separated. As an example, according to our old, thunder in heaven, but earth and scream out in space. And let a steel, one end of acerito leave it to fire. live there or jumak and other living beings that give us power.

In airspace there is a place where the dead, both men and women, provided they arrive. When a man dies a woman well piernona expected, she hopes to make love and save it to your room. Same thing happens to women when they die they expected a man with his "thing" great and makes love and makes your room reserved.

Dead warn us through "dreams": "I got there." There just are, no one knows more history, are just there. The good is another place where they arrive, they come to a quiet place. The good come here and do nothing, but live, eat nothing, need nothing, do not suffer, is a place of rest.

also live in this space Etsa (sun), Yaa (stars) and Nantu (moon). Etsa is like a ruler, a father of nature apart from being God, gives us light. Thanks to the sun the plants grow, live animals, the same people live well, even without Etsa would not work, not eat, everything would be sad. Nantu complements the sun, when there is sun, moon replace it. Also with us and helps us even for a drink at night, everyone likes pretty the moon.

The moon is a man, the sun has been a man, they fought and won the Sun. "

I hope you liked this story .

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