rooting

Rooting is he act and consequence of rooting: to settle permanently, to establish oneself, to gain firmness or to estate. The idea of ​​roots can be used in different contexts.

In colloquial language, rooting is usually associated with consolidating or establishing a base in some place. For example: "I settled in this city fifteen years ago: I have a very strong roots and I don't want to leave", "Voodoo has a lot of roots in this town", "The sociologist has analyzed the rooting mechanism developed by the immigrants who came to these lands a century ago".

Although in principle the rooting is a natural response on the part of a living being to a certain territory that causes well-being and security, many times it is imposed by third parties and that is when it becomes something negative, a kind of prison that prevents us from getting ahead. The roots should cling to a healthy and nutritious soil, which provides us with everything we need to grow and become strong; if, instead, it keeps us glued to a barren and toxic surface, our development is seriously affected.

In this context, we can say that the word uprooting represents practically the opposite, although there are many nuances that differentiate them. In the first place, the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy defines it as «separating a person from half or place in which he grew up, or break the emotional ties that bind him to them. Although this meaning describes an action directed at a third party, it is normal to speak of the uprooting that we feel, or that has led us to feel a situation or an event.

People leaving their country to seek new job opportunities abroad often resort to the term uprooting to express how disconnected they have come to feel because of not being able to speak their own language or not finding in others the degree of understanding and complicity that they naturally achieved in their homeland. It is worth mentioning that uprooting is something much more complex than a "wound" from a cut; in fact, there are those who enjoy this separation with the past and the transformation that it entails in them.

Although it is not so common in everyday speech, another of the meanings of the term rooting refers to the possession of property. This meaning can be seen in expressions such as "Have roots" Y "Deep-rooted person".

The concept of arraigo appears in different ways in the judicial plane. In some countries, is called arraigo to the notification that, in the framework of a legal process, is made to an individual warning him that can not leave its population otherwise, you will be punished. Something similar happens with rooting bond, which can be required of certain litigants, especially if they are foreigners and have sued a Spanish person, so that they are not absent from the trial and can respond to its results.

The rooting or home rootingIn this sense, it is a precautionary measure that calls for the Prosecutor's office wave Attorney General's Office and that a judge grants so that a suspect remains at his disposal while sufficient evidence is gathered to certify his probable responsibility in a crime. The arraigo is requested when there is a risk of flight of the possible offender.

On Spain, is called notorious roots to a status that a religious community can claim from national authorities. This legal status certifies that a certain confession It is installed in the national territory and has a prominent presence.

"Rooting", finally, is the qualification of a ballet composed of Jerome Maesso and directed by Victor Ullate which premiered in 1988.