Parte 2: etnografía del pueblo kamëntsá de sibundoy. Capitulo 5: Bëtscnaté: natjënban y tsonñan Día Grande de la Gente: convivencia y buen vivir

Abstract

Sketch of a theory of "harmonization". This chapter proposes to understand the role played by the misnamed Carnival or Feast of Forgiveness - hereafter Bëtscnaté - in the harmonization of conflicts in the Kamëntsá indigenous community. in the harmonization of conflicts in the Kamëntsá indigenous community of Sibundoy. of Sibundoy. Harmonization is a word in Spanish that is often used in various studies to refer in several studies to refer to the field of practices and meanings from which the and meanings from which forgiveness, reconciliation, justice and conflict resolution are understood and projected based on indigenous perspectives (see Laruta et al., 2006). (see Laruta et al., 2010; Welter, 2012), in other words, in other words, the indigenous way of conceiving and building peace. Within its multiple meanings, among which the one referring to the musical field prevails, harmonize is defined by the rae as "to make two or more parts of a piece of music not two or more parts of a whole".