Guaranteeing the right to a safe and culturally appropriate death: the meaning of occupations in the life-death-rebirth triad from the Colombian indigenous perspective
Viviana Marcela León Perilla,
Lilian Magalhães
Abstract:The spiritual value attributed to death, by the guardians of the heart of the world in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, as in other indigenous cultures, integrates a social, physical, ethical, ecological, and emotional preparation to make a healthy accompaniment to life after death. Its importance goes far beyond a vision related to spectacular events or the demystification of the indigenous worldview as being considered “poor or vulnerable”. Through a situated reflection of the health, illness and care… Show more
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