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Killing the Yumbo: a ritual drama of northern Quito
Cultural transformations and ethnicity in modern Ecuador • Urbana • Published In 1981 • Pages: 162-208
By: Salomon, Frank.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents a description and interpretation of Yumbo dancing during the Corpus Christi fiesta around Quito. The author's position is that Yumbo dancing is an expression of ethnicity. He concludes that Yumbo dancing functions psychologically, religiously, socially, and philosophically.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural identity and pride
- Special garments
- Dance
- Drama
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Quito Quichua
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Andes
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1983
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1975-1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1975-1978
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- greater Quito area, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank Salomon
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-208)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81004402
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Quechua Indians