Uses of the body in building the Raramuri person (Chihuahua, Mexico)

The main question that this essay tries to answer is how to make sense of the symbolic and praxiologic analysis of the different body skills used by the Raramuri, depending on the role played by the cultural and environmental context. For this we examine the diverse forms that the Raramuri have of using their body, from the simple daily walk, as the simplest and most natural form, to the most complex expressions of games and dances, including the forms of nourishment, treatment, care taking and protection, social relations, etc.. With the limits imposed by the information recorded, we show that the body is a territory loaded with representations where cultural images are permanently constructed and reconstructed, where space and the time leaves their mark, and where signs of identity and alterity are projected.