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Paving stone road, Punta Islita |
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Calle de Adoquines, Punta Islita . . . and wore it out until obtaining the required size. So it was with the metate, sculpture, etc. It was cut on the surface with an object that could be a chisel or a stone instrument or else in some cases abrasives such as sand and water. The metates were made with flat or concave stones, of rectangular shape, that were used for grinding with another stone called hand or stone hand. There are metates with no legs, with three or four legs. All metates are approximately symmetrical and the shapes double from one side to the other. Vertical or horizontal lines predominate in all the objects; curved or diagonal forms are very rare. -The Ceramic -Gold -Socio-political Organization -The Palenques (Costa Rican indigenous ranches) -The “Orígen del Indígena” Road The book´s authors, Juana Sánchez and Gloria Mayorga, were members of the Junta Directiva de la Reserva Keköldi, and Paula Palmer is a sociologist with many years working in the region. They set out to collect interviews among the reservation´s inhabitants, which were recorded and then translated from Bribrí to Spanish. When the book was published, there were 30.000 indigenous people in Costa Rica. They represented 1% of the Costa Rican population and some of them still maintain their own identity in spite of the difficulties. The majority live in 21 areas denominated “indigenous reservations,” created since 1976 under law 6172, known as Ley Indígena. The Cocles / Keköldi indigenous reservation has 200 inhabitants who belong to the Bribrí and Cabecar tribes. They are determined to preserve what few forests there are still, besides their knowledge and traditions. Next I present a textual segment of Juan Vargas´ narrative entitled “Orígenes del Indígena,” from the book Vías de extinción, vías de supervivencia: “Sibö made the first aboriginals out of corn/dtsól/ seeds. He brought the seeds from a place called SuLa´kaska (place of destination). Thence he brought seeds of many colors, like black corn, white, yellow and purple corn. This is why some of us are the color black, others almost white, others yellow, etc. Thus he created the aboriginals with corn; he made us at night and said, ´I am your master.´ This is why the aboriginals know that Sibö and all spiritual beings are not the aboriginal´s relatives. On this account Sibö taught us a different science. He explained to us their birth, told us about their parents and about how he made the universe, the planets, the earth; he told us about the creation of humanity, of everything that exists. In the same manner he taught us how we should live in this world. In some clans he instructed the males to be doctors/awapa/ and others to be masters of ceremonies, etc. He also said: ´You should not create disturbances, nor mention the supernatural beings´ names without a purpose so as not to offend them. Neither should you walk on sacred places, nor in the dark of night.’ And he forbade the aboriginals to invent things he had not taught them. Sibö said all this so that there would be a good relationship between the aboriginal, nature and supernatural beings . . . “ Juan Vargas |
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