“Taking out the cold”: images of the practice of bonesettering (sobandería) in Nasa People

Abstract

Objective: To describe the “bonesettering” (sobandería) practices in Nasa People. Methodology: the author participate in “Word Circles” and realize ethnographic interviews to Nasa People. The data was stored as fieldnotes in a field diary, and was analyzed by content analysis technique. The photographs were captured during a bonesettering practice. Results: describe of bonesettering practices of Nasa People using textual and visual media. This practices is contextualized in “cosmovision” and traditional healthcare system. Conclusion: Bonesettering practice is a therapeutic practice culturally inmersed in “cosmovision” of Nasa People. This is relevant in the exercise of therapeutic complementarity in a context of medical pluralism.

Keywords: Bonesettering; traditional healthcare; Nasa people.