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Fortunato Laura Colque
El presente artículo es resultado de mi convivencia entre los amsta chullpa (chullpa de arriba) de la Provincia Charcas, Potosí, Bolivia. Asimismo, forma parte de mi itinerario como discípulo por más de cuatro décadas de mis maestros chullpas. En la era delos incas, hombres del sol, los chullpaspasaron a ser considerados hombres del pasado. Durante la conquista y la colonia, fueronllamados ñawpa runa, wari runay gintil(gente de antaño). Durante este periodo los chullpas se embarcaron por las sendas de la invisibilidad.El tema que aborda este artículoes poco estudiado: pretendemos visibilizar la etnomedicina chullpa, la clasificación de sus practicantes, y el proceso de formación y preparación por etapas del nuevo yachaq(‘el que sabee’) entre los amsta chullpa del norte de Potosí
This article is the result of my life among the Amsta Chullpa (Upper Chullpa) of CharcasProvince, Potosí, Bolivia. It is part of my itinerary as a disciple for more than four decades of the Chullpa and Kallawaya Ethnomedical Masters. In the era of the sun people, or Incas, the Chullpas were considered people of the past. During the Spanish conquest and the colonial period, they were called ñawpa runa, wari runaand gintil. During this period, they embarked on the paths of invisibility, the little that remains is immersed within their culture to persist in time. The subject we address in this paper is littlestudied. We intend to make visible the Chullpas’ ethnomedicine, the classification of its specialists, and the process of formation and preparation by stages of the new ethnic doctor within the Amsta Chullpa of North Potosí
