Initiation ceremonies: Kuwaipan Ethnography and Notes

Ceremonias de iniciacion: Etnografía y apuntes de Kuwaipan

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Subject LanguageBaniwa
Language PID(s)ailla:119657
Title [Indigenous]Kuwaipan
Language of Indigenous Titlebwi
TitleInitiation ceremonies: Kuwaipan Ethnography and Notes
Language CommunityRio Aiary
Country(ies)Brazil
Place CreatedUapui Cachoeira, Ukuki Cachoeira, Rio Aiary, Brazil
Date Created1976-77
Description [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Description
DescriptionVarious documents relating to Kuwaipan initiation ceremonies. Manuel da Silva's explanation of the Kuwaipan ceremony.
Complete ethnography (in English) of the Kuwaipan initiation ceremonies for boys and girls written by Robin Wright 1976-1977.
Explanations of the Kuwaipan ceremony by Luis Manuel, José Marcelino Cornélio, and Ricardo Fontes. Proposal to document the Kuwaipan ceremonies of Ucuqui Cachoeira.
GenresField notes
Ethnography
Source Note
ReferencesMysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon. University of Nebraska Press, Omaha, 2013, 389 pp.
História Indígena e do Indigenismo no Alto Rio Negro. [Indigenous History and the History of Indian Policy on the Upper Rio Negro] Campinas: Mercado de Letras/Instituto Socioambiental, 2005, 300 pp.
Cosmos, Self and History in Baniwa Religion. For Those Unborn. Austin, TX.: University of Texas Press, 1998, 314 pp.
Contributor(s) Individual / RoleWright, Robin M. (Researcher)
Contributor(s) Corporate / Role

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