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Ritual encounters : Otavalan modern and mythic community /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wibbelsman, Michelle, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2009]
Series:Interpretations of culture in the new millennium.
Subjects:
Otavalo mythology.
Otavalo Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Otavalo Indians > Social life and customs.
Imbabura (Ecuador) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Uku Pacha--the world below
  • Return of the migrants
  • Encuentros: dances of the Inti Raymi
  • Mythico-religious encounters--the clash of Aciales
  • Conversations with the dead
  • Stations of the cross: the eternal return to existence and hence to suffering.