The youth and old age of Dapi'chi (the Pleiades): frosts, air carnations, and warriors

Among the Western Tobas of the province of Formosa, Argentina, the asterism called Dapi'chi (the Pleiades) is highly important. Traditionally, it is related to the start of the annual cycle and it is also a very significant figure in terms of its symbolic meaning. In fact, this celestial representation offers a range of insights connected to winter frosts, a type of air carnation (Tillandsia spp.-Bromeliaceae) and also to the role of the warrior.