The return of the Rankülche ancestors
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In this video, María Inés Canuhé, lonko of the Willi Antü community of the Ranquel People, tells the story of her people. After the genocide that resulted from the militarization of the Pampas and Patagonia at the end of the 19th century, the Ranquel People began a long process of recovering their culture and identity, primarily the recovery of the bodies of ancestors taken from their resting places, in some cases by chance and in others taken as trophies to be displayed in museum showcases. The task of recovering a people required redefining rituals based on ancient worldviews; for the Ranquel people, this acquired the unique value of feeling a debt to their ancestors fulfilled by returning them to the natural cycle that should never have been interrupted. Finally, the importance of restitution policies that respect the origin of the bodies and ensure that they are returned in accordance with their own worldview is emphasized.
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