Mountains as actors in the Bolivian Andes: The interrelationship between politics and ritual in the Kallawaya ayllus
JD Alderman - The Unfamiliar, 2015 - journals.ed.ac.uk
This essay will examine the way that a Bolivian Andean people, the Kallawayas, incorporate
mountains—seen as beings with agency in their own right—into their structure of kinship
and politics. The Kallawayas interpret mountains as inhabited by ancestral spirits, who are
incorporated into the local political structure as authorities. This understanding of the
mountains denies the Western separation of politics and nature. I follow de la Cadena
(2014) in positing mountain spirits, known as machulas, and humans, known as runa, as …
mountains—seen as beings with agency in their own right—into their structure of kinship
and politics. The Kallawayas interpret mountains as inhabited by ancestral spirits, who are
incorporated into the local political structure as authorities. This understanding of the
mountains denies the Western separation of politics and nature. I follow de la Cadena
(2014) in positing mountain spirits, known as machulas, and humans, known as runa, as …
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