Book

Oko Warao: marshland people of the Orinoco Delta

LitMünster • Published In 1988 • Pages: 131

By: Heinen, H. Dieter.

Abstract
'Oko Warao' consists of a series of narratives dealing with life in the lower Orinoco Delta of Venezuela from approximately the early 1900s to the 1980s. These narratives were told to the author (and recorded on tape) by elders from the Winikina and Wayo areas of the traditional Warao heartland. Each of the narratives discusses a topic of special interest to the informant. These stories were supplemented by footnotes and background information supplied by the editor to fill gaps that the narrator himself found too self-evident to explain. Topics discussed in this work describe the annual cycle, foods, the gathering and preparation of sago, relations with the Criollos (Venezuelans of white, Indian and black parentage), kinship and marriage, shamanism and medicine, the KANOBO or ancestor spirits, socio-cultural change and acculturation, Warao-missionary relations, and education.
Subjects
Life history materials
Collecting
Diet
Normal garb
Ethnic stratification
Magical and mental therapy
Shamans and psychotherapists
Eschatology
Sacred objects and places
Missions
Ethnosociology
culture
Warao
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
South America
Sub Region
Amazon and Orinoco
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2000
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
early 1900s-1980s
Coverage Place
Orinoco Delta, Venezuela
Notes
Heinz Dieter Heinen
Maps on lining papers
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-131)
Maps on lining papers not included
LCCN
90147175
LCSH
Warao Indians