Sacred places of communities Otomí. Disputed territories in the High Lerma, México

Authors

  • Saúl Alejandro-García Universidad Intercultural del Estado de México
  • Davison Mazabel Universidad de Guanajuato

Abstract

From pre-Hispanic times, the indigenous groups have lived in territories of great biological and ecological plenitude. Aguirre Beltrán had defined them as “the regions of shelter”. This
work highlights the society-culture-nature relationship kept by these peoples, emphasizing the importance they give to their sacred places. What is questioned is the intervention on
indigenous people by the State and the government which, with the intention of “helping” them to “develop” through different integration and assimilation projects, what they’ve really attempted is to access their natural resources and exploit them. In this work, we describe the case of the otomi traditional healers from Lerma, who have started a struggle to defend their sacred places against the threat of developers that, with the authorities’ help, have purchased land in the forest to turn it into a residential area.

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Published

2014-11-04

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How to Cite

Alejandro-García, S., & Mazabel, D. (2014). Sacred places of communities Otomí. Disputed territories in the High Lerma, México. Antropología Experimental, 14. https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/rae/article/view/1787