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Este libro es la primera edición chilena de la obra de Charles Darwin cuyo título original fue Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. En sucesivas ediciones el libro se ha titulado Viaje de un naturalista alrededor del mundo o también, más brevemente, El viaje del Beagle. Aquí entregamos los siete capítulos que se refieren a Chile, que constituyen un tercio del total. El texto de estos capítulos es el mismo que entregara Darwin hace 150 años. Se ha...

EL LENGUAJE RITUAL EN EL PALO MONTE MAYOMBE. En el Palo Monte Mayombe, cualquier lenguaje está impregnado de religión: el oral, el escrito, el artístico o el mímico. El poder, la responsabilidad, la obligatoriedad de la palabra y la conciencia de que sólo la palabra altera el mundo, son rasgos muy característicos de este sistema religioso afro­cubano y son objeto de estudio en este libro. En este contexto se anali­zan los conjuros de los nganguleros, los cantos rituales o “mambos” congos, las formas características de la música sacra del Palo Monte Mayombe (la polimetría y la...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...