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Social organization in La GuajiraBook 1950 • Gutiérrez de Pineda, Virginia & Muirden, Sydney Jaime
Goajiro • South America > Northwestern South America
This source, written by a professional ethnologist, is the basic work on the Goajiro. The source deals with the various aspects of the life cycle: birth, child-raising, childhood, marriage, and death. Discussed in great detail are the relations betwe...Aspects of magic in La GuajiraBook 1950 • Pineda Giraldo, Roberto & Muirden, Sydney Jaime
Goajiro • South America > Northwestern South America
This document deals with religion, shamanism and magic among the Guajiro. Included in the account is information on ceremonies and rituals, charms, magico-medical practices, divination, beliefs about rain, and the initiation and training of shamans. ...