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Sustaining cultural and biological diversity in rapidly changing communities: the revitalization of the Voladores ritual in northern Veracruz (Mexico)

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  • Elena Ianni
  • Evodia Silva Rivera
  • Davide Geneletti

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This paper aims to contribute to the ongoing debate on the protection of cultural and biological diversity, and their interconnectedness. It highlights the importance of understanding the dynamic and complex strategies that cultures are developing to protect their biocultural diversity in the face of the ongoing cultural, economic, and social reductionist transformations occurring worldwide. We analyze Totonac society in the present time, and provide evidence on how cultural revitalization processes are emerging from the grass roots, by focusing on the ceremony of the Voladores, a pre-Hispanic ritual performed by several indigenous groups in Mesoamerica. The preoccupation of Totonac communities to safeguard this millenary tradition fostered a process of dialogue, reinforced local institutions, and catalyzed the development of strategies to preserve a tree species and its habitat. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

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  • Elena Ianni & Evodia Silva Rivera & Davide Geneletti, 2014. "Sustaining cultural and biological diversity in rapidly changing communities: the revitalization of the Voladores ritual in northern Veracruz (Mexico)," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 16(6), pages 1197-1208, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:16:y:2014:i:6:p:1197-1208
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-014-9520-2
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    1. Beatriz Contreras-Esparza & Elvis Antonio Parraguez-Vergara & Cesar Tejeda-Cruz, 2011. "The Cultural Weight of Nature: The Intra and Inter-Institutional Conflicts About Biodiversity and Ethnicity in Chile and Mexico," Chapters, in: Jordi Lopez-Pujol (ed.), The Importance of Biological Interactions in the Study of Biodiversity, IntechOpen.
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    1. Di Feng & Shang-chia Chiou & Feng Wang, 2021. "On the Sustainability of Local Cultural Heritage Based on the Landscape Narrative: A Case Study of Historic Site of Qing Yan Yuan, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-31, March.

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