Village Festivities. Politics, religion, and custom in Cusi Cusi (Puna of Jujuy, Argentina)
This article offers an analysis of the relationship between politics, religion, and costumbre in Cusi Cusi (Santa Catalina Department, Puna of Jujuy), based on ethnographic fieldwork focused on the effects of evangelical conversion. It argues that this process has reshaped the local socio-religious...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/esnoa/article/view/17113 |
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| Sumario: | This article offers an analysis of the relationship between politics, religion, and costumbre in Cusi Cusi (Santa Catalina Department, Puna of Jujuy), based on ethnographic fieldwork focused on the effects of evangelical conversion. It argues that this process has reshaped the local socio-religious landscape and dynamics of power, generating tensions that become particularly visible during the town’s celebrations. Through the description of a recent festivity –in which the patron saint festival and the town’s anniversary, traditionally celebrated together, were held separately– the article interprets contemporary festivities as arenas of dispute over religious and political legitimacy within the community. The conceptual approach centers on the native category of costumbre, a term that condenses multiple meanings of the sacred while also opening a fertile space for communal dialogue around the patrimonialization of identity and local history. |
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