Keepers of the sacred chants : the poetics of ritual power in an Amazonian society /

The Wakuenai of the upper Rio Negro region in southern Venezuela a form of singing called malikai for ceremonies of childbirth, initiation, and healing. This ritual chanting, a rich amalgam of myth and music, serves as a means of integrating individuals into a vertical hierarchy of powers relations...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hill, Jonathan David, 1954-
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1993.
Subjects:
Curripaco Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Curripaco Indians > Religion.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Curripaco.
Discourse analysis > Venezuela > Gavilán.
Curipaco > Rites et cérémonies.
Curipaco > Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Curripaco Indians > Religion
Discourse analysis
Manners and customs
Speeches, addresses, etc., Curripaco
Kultgesang
Curripaco.
Riten.
ANTROPOLOGIA CULT SOCIAL.
RELIGIÃO.
MITOLOGIA E MITO.
Curripaco (Indiens) > Rites et cérémonies.
Rhétorique > Venezuela > Gavilán.
Curripaco (Indiens) > Venezuela > Rites et cérémonies.
Curripaco (Indiens) > Religion.
Indiens > Venezuela > Moeurs et coutumes.
Indiens > Amérique du Sud > Religion.
Gavilán (Venezuela) > Social life and customs.
Venezuela > Gavilán
Gavilán (Venezuela) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Kurrim.
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