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Masks and madness: ritual expressions of the transition to adulthood among Miskitu adolescents
Social anthropology • 9 (3) • Published In 2001 • Pages: 257-272
By: Jamieson, Mark.
Abstract
The transition of persons from junior to more senior statuses has long constituted a important focus of anthropological inquiry, anthropologist mostly studying such changes in status through examination of rites of passage (p. 257). In this article Jamieson explores ritual expressions of the transition to adulthood among Miskitu adolescents in the village of Kakabila located in the Pearl Lagoon basin of Nicaragua. The focus in this work is on two of these ritualized forms of behaviour which have contributed to this transformation: [n]mosko[/n], a masked dance performance, and [n]grisi siknis[/n], a form of contagious hysteria principally affecting female adolescents that is found in Miskitu communities more widely (p. 258).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central America
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field Date
- 1992-1993, 1997-2000
- Coverage Date
- 1675-2000
- Coverage Place
- Village of Kakabila, Eastern Nicaragua
- Notes
- Mark Jamieson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-272)
- LCSH
- Miskito Indians