Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta 지역의 Arhuaco 소우주 및 세계관 연구 = A Study of the Microcosm and Worldview of the Arhuaco of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Area

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Arhuaco people, with a population of 27,000, are natives in Columbia and ancestors to the people in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta area. The Sierra Nevada is located in the world`s highest coastal area with an area of ?12,600 square kilometers. It also has varied biodiversity with extremities in climate. This area is known as the microcosm of the world as every single ecosystem can be found here. Unique and diverse organisms exist here due to climate extremities of desert temperatures to arctic temperatures. In Spanish, `ecosofia` is an ecology-based philosophy that is upheld as the way of life in the Arhuaco community. These people believe that human beings and nature are spiritually connected to each other. The objective of this study is to investigate the geographical view of the plateau region in terms of how they preserved their unique culture for centuries in an unusual geographical environment. In addition, we want to describe how the geographical characteristics of the organisms and microcosm have influenced the philosophical worldview of these peoples. Finally, we would like to study whether the natural disasters of the world are caused by the imbalance in nature as they claim, and research the precious philosophies of indigenous peoples of equality, conservation and harmony, and the origin of things. Through this study, the religious beliefs and philosophy of the Aboriginal tribe of Arhuaco, who pursue spiritual exchanges with nature, was found to value sustainable conservation of nature without environmental destruction