El tejido de la hoja de palma real como referente identitario de la comunidad indígena Genareros del municipio de Tame - Arauca.

Abstract

The Genareros indigenous community belonging to the Betoy ethnic group attribute the origin of this palm and according to their story to that it arose from the stone of salt (salina), considering it as a gift of nature and this conception is a type of ancestral knowledge within their community. The presence of the royal palm in the life of this ethnic group has a high value and makes it an indispensable material in the development of their daily activities since they are in contact with it, most of the day; It is here where the importance of taking advantage of all those characteristics of the weaving in palma real, its management and transformation, in order to understand the contribution of this material within its cultural development, arises. For this reason, this study aims to take advantage of the morphosignal characteristics of the palm tissues made by the Genareros indigenous reservation of the municipality of Tame - Arauca, this was carried out by a qualitative methodology, Participatory Action research, in which data was collected through of semi-structured interviews and direct observation. As a result, the enhancement of the morphosignal characteristics that the fabric itself offers was obtained from the configuration of new articles for use by the community that, when made in real palm leaves, has a utilitarian role and preserves an ancestral meaning since the shape is inspired by the curito fish (Hoplosternum littorale)