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      El Cholq’ij en la Medicina Maya Kaqchikel Translated title: Cholq’ij Mayan Calendar and Kaqchikel Mayan Medicine

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          Resumen El presente escrito describe las principales características del Cholq’ij —calendario sagrado de 260 días que ha persistido en las tierras altas mayas de Guatemala— en relación con los elementos terapéuticos, rituales y simbólicos que constituyen la medicina maya kaqchikel. Esbozamos las principales formas en las que los especialistas rituales y etnomédicos kaqchikel elaboran su diagnóstico, tratamiento y coadyuvan en el mantenimiento de la salud, enfatizando los aspectos de cosmovisión y calendáricos que subyacen a dichas prácticas. Desde un ejercicio de sistematización conjunto y en diálogo interepistémico, pretendemos plasmar los intereses de los especialistas etnomédicos y registrar únicamente la información que ha sido debidamente discernida y consensuada. De esta manera registramos los procedimientos, prácticas y conocimientos de la medicina maya kaqchikel, que se basan en el uso, manejo y conocimiento del calendario Cholq’ij, así como su relación y reflejo con los aspectos constitutivos de su cosmovisión.

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          Abstract This paper describes the main characteristics of the Cholq’ij —the 260-day sacred calendar that has persisted in the Mayan highlands of Guatemala— in relation to the therapeutic, ritual and symbolic elements of the Kaqchikel Mayan Medicine. We described the way in what the Mayan healers and shamans construct the diagnosis and treatment, either the way that they help to health maintenance. In that description, we emphasized the worldview and calendrical aspects that are underlie these practices. From a joint systematization exercise and in an inter epistemic dialogue, we tried to reflect the interests of ethnomedical specialists and write only the information that has been duly discerned and agreed upon. We analysed the procedures, practices and knowledge of Kaqchikel Maya Medicine that are based on the use, management and knowledge of the Cholq’ij calendar, as well as its relationship and reflection with the constitutive aspects of the Kaqchikel Maya Worldview.

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                Journal
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                Cuicuilco. Revista de ciencias antropológicas
                Cuicuilco. Rev. cienc. antropol.
                Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico )
                2448-9018
                2448-8488
                August 2022
                : 29
                : 84
                : 231-254
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                [1] orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México orgdiv1Centro de investigaciones Multidisciplinarias sobre Chiapas y la Frontera Sur Mexico erecano@ 123456gmail.com
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                S2448-84882022000200010 S2448-8488(22)02908400010
                6f087815-97d6-440c-aa66-6a8f327e3675

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 12 February 2022
                : 13 June 2022
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 35, Pages: 24
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                Ethnomedicine,coautorías locales,ajq’ij,calendario maya,cosmovisión,Etnomedicina,local co-authorship,ajq’ij or day-keeper,Mayan calendar,worldview

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