Abstract

ALARCON-NIVIA, Miguel Ángel; ALARCON-AMAYA, Miguel Ángel  and  BLANCO-FUENTES, Lizzeth. Beliefs, attitudes magical experiences regarding menstruation among women from Bucaramanga, Colombia. Rev Colomb Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2006, vol.57, n.1, pp.19-26. ISSN 0034-7434.

The article presents the results of interviews conducted with 1,207 women concerning their perception of the most common symptoms associated with menstruation and prohibitions related to this physiological phenomenon. It depicts current magical beliefs, either beneficial (healing powers) or negative ones (morbid powers), in each person receiving menstrual blood, whether spread over their body or ingested.

Keywords : menstruation; premenstrual syndrome; traditional beliefs; Colombia.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )