Pays, « surnature » et sites « sacrés » paicî à Ponérihouen (Nouvelle-Calédonie)
Abstracts
To reply to the query: are the taboo or ritual sites of the Kanaks sacred? I question the very notion of sacredness among the Paicî. Based on fieldwork carried out in the Ponérihouen and Poindimié Regions (Paicî and Cèmuchî areas), I attempt to present a typology of the different taboo sites in relation with their representations of nature and supernature. This makes it possible to highlight the importance of their links to their ancestors and spirits of all kinds in managing and representing nature, which greatly differ from theWest.
Index terms
Mots-clés :
ancêtres, esprits, interdits, Nature, Paicî, représentations, sites sacrés, surnature, tabousKeywords:
ancestors, nature, Paicî, prohibition, representations, sacred, spirits, supernature, taboosReferences
Bibliographical reference
Isabelle Leblic, “Pays, « surnature » et sites « sacrés » paicî à Ponérihouen (Nouvelle-Calédonie)”, Journal de la Société des Océanistes, 120-121 | 2005, 95-111.
Electronic reference
Isabelle Leblic, “Pays, « surnature » et sites « sacrés » paicî à Ponérihouen (Nouvelle-Calédonie)”, Journal de la Société des Océanistes [Online], 120-121 | Année 2005, Online since 27 November 2008, connection on 18 April 2024. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/jso/410; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/jso.410
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