Shamans' knowledge: incantations; cures (1976-77); shamans' songs and their transcriptions; observations of a cure (1977)

Conocimiento de los chamanes: encantamientos; curas (1976-1977); las canciones de los chamanes y sus transcripciones; observacio

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Subject LanguageBaniwa
Language PID(s)ailla:119657
Title [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Title
TitleShamans' knowledge: incantations; cures (1976-77); shamans' songs and their transcriptions; observations of a cure (1977)
Language CommunityRio Aiary
Country(ies)Brazil
Place CreatedUapui Cachoeira
Date Created1976
Description [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Description
DescriptionIncantations by_Ricardo_Fontes_1977; cures by shamans of Uapui 1976-7; songs for water-throwing ritual by Manuel da Silva, 1977; interviews on shamans' knowledge, Aiary river, 1976-1977. Three 'world-renewal' songs and their meanings, by Various speakers from Uapui, 1976-1977; ethnographic notes on shamans and their cures- Various shamans from Uapui, 1976-1977. Notes on a cure by Jose_Garcia_Manuel_da_Silva_and others, Uapui, 1977.
GenresEthnography
Myth
Ritual song
Source Note
ReferencesHistória 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)
Fontes, Ricardo (Speaker)
da Silva, Manuel (Speaker)
Garcia, José (Speaker)
Cornélio, José Marcelino (Interlocutor)
Contributor(s) Corporate / Role

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