| Titre | Ka tere te vaka. Kai Kai rapanui | |
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| Auteur | Tamara Vidaurrázaga | |
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Revue | Amerika |
| Numéro | No 6, 2012 Cultures populaires et cultures savantes dans les Amériques | |
| Résumé anglais |
Kai Kai is an ancient rapanui practice, consisting of giving shape to a spin storyteller ideogram, wich story is told trhough a recitation called « patautau ». Acordding to Ramón Campbell, the practice of kai kai is the oldest tradition of rapa nui culture, which makes it even more meaningful, since it can shed light on how rapa nui imaginary was before western colonization, following Gruzinsky. Untill now, interpretations of kai kai classify it as a game, wich implies -to eurocentric and western eyes- that it would not be any trascendental practice in rapa nui culture, but a mainly childish practice, with the one propouse of amuse. However, this practice endures untill now by oral teaching inside families, study groups and, reacently, in formal education. Is this kai kai classification inocent ? Or it rather shows a colonizing view of this practice, which puts it in a recognizable place to western eyes ? We believe it is an interesting task to review existing bibliography about kai kai, and unravel some of colonialist features emerging of this « mere game » classification, unraveling also the permanence or the evolution of this view in those who have studied the practice of kai kai. Source : Éditeur (via OpenEdition Journals) |
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| Article en ligne | http://amerika.revues.org/2988 |
