{"value"=>"<p> <span class=\"title\">A Colombian Context for the Development of Dance/Movement Therapy.</span></p> <p>This paper presents a context for the development of dance/movement therapy in Colombia. It gives a view of the current state of therapeutic trends in psychiatry, psychology, and shamanism, pointing out historic development, prevailing therapeutic frameworks and concerns, and present practice and usage. It also provides a description of Colombian rituals and festivities celebrated in small villages. In these communities dance plays an important role in the maintenance of group cohesiveness and identity. The celebrations include: The Carnival and the Wake of a Child in Evitar; the Adoration of the Child in Northern Cauca; The Corpus Christi celebration in Aritama; The Cubeo's Ancestral Cult ritual and the Great Mourning ceremony, and the Desana's celebrations. Spanish, African and Amerindian roots are mentioned as well as aspects of the dance events that promote solidarity, identity and cohesiveness. Dance/movement therapy is introduced as a holistic group approach that could be integrated with the Colombian heritage: beliefs, music and dance.</p>"}