Abstract

ROBLERO MORALES, Marin. La relación hombre-naturaleza entre los lacandones de Nahá, Ocosingo, Chiapas. LiminaR [online]. 2008, vol.6, n.1, pp.125-140. ISSN 2007-8900.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, we find the first encounters between the lacandons and other ethnics group. During thefollowing decades, many important events occurred in the Selva Lacandona which transformed the ecological and sociocultural background of its inhabitants. In the lacandon community ofNaha the most significant occurrences were the arrival of immigrants, visitors and Christian missionaries in 1944. The new occidental believes contrasted with the ancestral religiosity, transforming the relationship of man-nature resulting negatively for the biotic environment of the region. However, there are some elements of its cosmovision which continue, others changed their meaning, while others adapted and transformed. Some of these cultural elements can be applicable alternatives to our actual ecological and socio-cultural conditions.

Keywords : Ecological deterioration; religiosidad lacandona; Christian cults; nature; transformation.