Factores psicosociales y comportamentales del pueblo indígena Sikuani, Casanare Colombia.

Abstract

The present research project, focused on the psychosocial and behavioral factors of the Sikuani indigenous community of Caño Mochuelo, Casanare Colombia through the description of the genesis, worldview and the contemporary. The compression of the phenomenon of self-support, observing the autochthonous production of the indigenous people. The description of behavioral styles, according to the life cycle and according to the family structure in the culture. It was indentified the changes that the community considers to have the greatest impact on cultural practices doing a parallel before and now in psychosocial and behavioral factors, also, rescue strategies and strengthening of ancestral practices were proposed by raising awareness of the importance of the Sikuani culture to prolong indigenous civilization, based on the research question: What are the current psychosocial and behavioral factors in the Sikuani indigenous people of the Caño Mochuelo de Casanare-Colombia Reserve? The answer to this research question was worked from the perspective of social-ethnographic research with a qualitative approach. For the methodological design the type of descriptive study was used which allowed to analyze ideas, beliefs and the symbolic nature from the psychosocial perspective that characterizes the community from the traditional, studying its history, rites, politics, economy, symbols, mother tongue , among other socio-cultural aspects that determine the ethnic group. It is collect information through the Semi-structured interview, participant observation and focus group. The findings found through the research process allowed us to analyze and understand the following categories: culture, community, family and life cycle, the clans category emerged during the development of the research. From this, it was recommended to recover ancestral roots through the rescue and strengthening of indigenous cultural practices.