The Celestial Umbilical Cord: Wild Palm Trees, Adult Male Bodies, and Sacred Wind Instruments among the Wakuénai of Venezuela
This article focuses on the multiple uses and meanings of wild palm species as sources of musical wind instruments and edible fruits in sacred ceremonies and rituals of the Wakuénai (or Curripaco) living in the Venezuelan Amazon. In myth, the emergence of a macanilla (púpa) tree from the ashes of th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2009
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2009, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-125 |
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Ethnomusicology
B Mythology B Anthropology of religion B ethnobotany |
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