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<p>Since the late 20th century, Uruguay’s religious landscape has witnessed the emergence and consolidation of new indigenous spiritualities shaped by processes of revival, recovery, and reconfiguration. Within broader continental movements of indigenous cultural resurgence—and the reappearance of groups once considered extinct—a growing number of individuals in Uruguay now identify as Charrúa, Guaraní, Chaná, or as descendants of indigenous peoples. Among these developments, a new Charrúa spirituality, led primarily by women activists, is entering the Uruguayan religious field. This phenomenon raises questions about its protagonists, practices, environments, hybridizations, and interactions. Drawing on fragments of transmitted memory, historical chronicles, and spiritual sources of inspiration, practitioners construct cosmologies and rituals that foster collective cohesion while also serving as strategies of resistance and political engagement. Based on ethnographic research conducted over nearly four years, this text examines the emergence of Charrúa spirituality in Uruguay. It explores its historical antecedents, constituent elements, modes of recovery, cosmological frameworks, and ritual practices. Furthermore, it analyzes the practitioners’ praxis and outlines the interactions between this new spirituality and the broader social and religious landscape of 21st-century Uruguay.</p>

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The earth, the moon, and fire. The new charrúa spirituality among indigenous women in Uruguay

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    2026年2月5日

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  • Sibila Vigna

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Since the late 20th century, Uruguay’s religious landscape has witnessed the emergence and consolidation of new indigenous spiritualities shaped by processes of revival, recovery, and reconfiguration. Within broader continental movements of indigenous cultural resurgence—and the reappearance of groups once considered extinct—a growing number of individuals in Uruguay now identify as Charrúa, Guaraní, Chaná, or as descendants of indigenous peoples. Among these developments, a new Charrúa spirituality, led primarily by women activists, is entering the Uruguayan religious field. This phenomenon raises questions about its protagonists, practices, environments, hybridizations, and interactions. Drawing on fragments of transmitted memory, historical chronicles, and spiritual sources of inspiration, practitioners construct cosmologies and rituals that foster collective cohesion while also serving as strategies of resistance and political engagement. Based on ethnographic research conducted over nearly four years, this text examines the emergence of Charrúa spirituality in Uruguay. It explores its historical antecedents, constituent elements, modes of recovery, cosmological frameworks, and ritual practices. Furthermore, it analyzes the practitioners’ praxis and outlines the interactions between this new spirituality and the broader social and religious landscape of 21st-century Uruguay.