A perda dos ervais dos povos de índios no Rio Grande do Sul. Antecedentes The loss of indian people herbs in Rio Grande do Sul. Background
- Autores: Luiz Carlos Tau Golin
- Localización: Revista Digital Estudios Historicos, ISSN-e 1688-5317, Nº. 22, 2019
- Idioma: español
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Resumen
Caamini was a daily drink of the peoples of South America. It came from the processing of leaves and stalks of the Caa tree in Guarani, scientifically named Ilex paraguariensis, by French traveler and botanist Auguste de Saint-Hilaire in 1820. This herb was attributed medicinal and magical properties. Its production depended on indigenous herbalists, who dominated the craft of cutting, sapecoing, drying, grinding and packaging, in native herbs existing in Guarani and Jê territories, especially Kaingang, an ethnicity that denominates the habit of "taking mate" from Ko'vu^nh. The Mate, in turn, derives from Quechua to Porongo, the gourd bowl, container. Popularly it came to mean the "drink" and the process of its preparation. “Make mate”; “Drink mate”; "Feed a mate". With the Iberian conquest of America, yerba mate became universalized as a commodity. In the process, it became a product of support for the Indian Missions and Peoples. As a result, herbal control has become a dramatic geopolitical and commercial issue.
