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The theoretical situation of cultural anthropology today can be characterized as a "multiparadigmatic". Two of the competing ways of knowing in cultural analyses are the paradigms of interpretation as presented in the work of C. Geertz and the scientific model as represented by R. Rappaport. In both paradigms their theoretical and methodological differences have been emphasized. This book studies the similarities between the two cognitive paradigms in anthropology by comparing mythical and scientific ways of interpreting the cosmos with the interpretative and scientific ways...

This study analyzes the Yurupari myth and ritual of initiation the Yucuna Indians in the Amazon region of Colombia. The book will address the meaning of the Yurupari myth and ritual to the Yucuna people. The sources for this study include data gathered through observation in the Yucuna initiation ritual, interviews, and the study of primary and secondary documentary sources. To address the problem I will present: 1) the geographical and cultural context of the Yucuna Indians in the Amazon in general, and in the Colombian region of the Amazon; 2) characteristics of Yucuna society and culture...