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      A política do xamanismo e os limites do medo

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          Os Hoti são um pequeno grupo de caçadores-horticultores que vive na região central da Guiana venezuelana. Neste artigo, examino o que os Hoti entendem por igualdade, hierarquia e poder, bem como o uso coercitivo do medo por indivíduos que cultivam a reputação de "Pessoas Leves" ou seja, pessoas especialmente hábeis em interagir com os poderosos seres do meio xamânico , um papel que é essencial para a fertilidade e segurança da comunidade. O povo hoti é altamente igualitário e anti-hierárquico em suas concepções morais e, para eles, todo poder é ambíguo e toda pretensão de autoridade pode levantar suspeitas. Por essa razão, é muito raro que alguém proclame ter habilidades xamânicas, embora cultivar tal reputação sem nunca admiti-la envolva diretamente considerável habilidade política. A política do xamanismo pode ser um jogo exigente, perigoso e às vezes fatal, pois os Hoti serão capazes por meio do humor, do ridículo e até da violência de limitar a capacidade dos xamãs de acumular autoridade e exercer poder.

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          The Hoti are a small group of hunter-horticulturalists living in the highlands of central Venezuelan Guiana. In this article I examine Hoti understandings of equality, hierarchy and power and the coercive use of fear by individuals who cultivate a reputation as "Light Ones" that is people especially skilled in their interaction with the powerful beings of the shamanic environment a role that is essential for the safety and fertility of the community. Hoti people are highly egalitarian and anti-hierarchical in their moral understandings and for them all power is ambiguous, and all claims to authority can arouse suspicion. For this reason it is very seldom that anyone will claim ability as a shaman, although there is considerable political skill involved in cultivating such a reputation without ever admitting to it directly. The politics of shamanism can be a demanding, dangerous, and sometimes deadly game, as Hoti people are able, through humor, mockery and even violence to limit the capacity of their shamans to accumulate authority and wield power.

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                Revista de Antropologia
                Rev. Antropol.
                Departamento de Antropologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, Universidade de São Paulo - FFLCH/USP (São Paulo )
                0034-7701
                June 2006
                : 49
                : 1
                : 357-391
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                [1 ] Museu Britânico
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                S0034-77012006000100011
                10.1590/S0034-77012006000100011
                7d4e0ee6-4e7d-4396-bfc3-0be67c850e32

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                ANTHROPOLOGY

                Anthropology
                Amazonia,Venezuela,Hoti,shamanism,power,politics,Amazônia,xamanismo,poder,política
                Anthropology
                Amazonia, Venezuela, Hoti, shamanism, power, politics, Amazônia, xamanismo, poder, política

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