Care For Life From The Worldview Of The Zenú Population, 2022-2023

Abstract

Introduction: The Zenú indigenous culture represents a set of historical memories, their customs reveal the evolution of their own culture, being health considered for the ethnic group as "good living", harmonious balance between nature, territory, spirituality, and healthy coexistence, among the members of society, seeking survival, well-being, fulfillment,   always highlighting the uses and customs  of the territory Objective: To understand the care of life from the worldview of the Zenú population in the years 2022 and 2023. Materials and methods:  It is a qualitative research with ethnographic design, participant observation was used for collection, and recorded in-depth interviews, were analyzed with coding and categorization tools. Eight interlocutors were interviewed with 10 cases, 5 observations in emblematic sites and sacred places of the Zenú indigenous population in the reservation of the department of Córdoba. Results: For the Ethnic Group, the care of life is framed in the meaning of interculturality, of the Ancestral Legacy, in the rootedness of Nature and Territory. Likewise, the feeling of life is found in ensuring good nutrition, good living, with the desire to achieve integral social well-being and with the belief of counteracting spiritual diseases. The findings found in this ethnic group make visible the Inequalities and Social Injustice of this vulnerable group. Conclusions:  the meanings of the care of life expressed by the interlocutors is rooted in their traditions, ancestral knowledge and interculturality, the findings reveal that health invites to design promotion and prevention actions that integrate knowledge, to receive contextualized care, with permanent and continuous care, within the territory with a family and holistic approach,  Differential approach, managing diversity, addressing the real needs of the ethnic group.