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Author:
Wibbelsman, Michelle, 1968- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008040061
Title:
Ritual encounters : Otavalan modern and mythic community / Michelle Wibbelsman.
Publisher:
University of Illinois Press,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
xvi, 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Otavalo Indians--Social life and customs.
Otavalo Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
Otavalo mythology.
Imbabura (Ecuador)--Social life and customs.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-194) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Otavaleños at the crossroads -- 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 -- Conclusion : threshold people of Imbabura.
Series:
Interpretations of culture in the new millennium
ISBN:
0252076036
9780252076039
0252033973
9780252033971
OCLC:
(OCoLC)233283666
LCCN:
2008027199
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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