翻訳と辞書 |
Kallawaya The Kallawaya are an itinerant group of traditional healers living in the Andes of Bolivia. They live in the Bautista Saavedra region, a mountainous area north of La Paz.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Proclamation 2003: "The Andean Cosmovision of the Kallawaya" )〕 They are members of the Mollo culture and are direct descendants of Tiwanaku culture.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wisdom of Mollo Culture Kallawaya )〕 According to the UNESCO Safeguarding Project, the Kallawaya can be traced to the pre-Inca period.〔 The Kallawaya performed brain surgery as early as 700 CE and knew how to effectively prevent and treat malaria with quinine before the Europeans.〔http://www.ayahuascacommunity.com/kallawayas-the-nomadic-medicine-men-of-bolivia/〕 They also helped to save thousands of lives during the construction of the Panama Canal.〔http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/06/ancient-traditions-modern-celebration/〕 ==Etymology== According to Enrique Oblitas Poblete, a Bolivian ethnobotanical specialist, Kallawaya may be a corruption of ''khalla-wayai'' ("beginning of a drink offering") or ''k'alla'' or ''k'alli wayai'' ("entrance into priesthood").
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kallawaya」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|