book chapter

Ritual structure

Sacha Runa : ethnicity and adaptation of Ecuadorian jungle Quichua , Norman E. Whitten, Jr., with the assistance of Marcelo F. Naranjo, Marcelo Santi Simban?a, Dorothea S. Whitten • Urbana • Published In 1976 • Pages: 165-202, 313-323

By: Whitten, Norman E..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Once or twice a year a large-scale ceremony is held in and near the administrative locus of each of the territories of the Canelos Quichua. Although this ceremony has no name other than [n]jista[/n], from the Spanish [i]fiesta[/i], and although the Catholic Church has formally and conscientiously contributed to some aspects of the public ceremony, it is nonetheless a central characteristic of Canelos Quichua culture (p.167). This paper describes in great detail the various elements of this [n]Allu[/n] Ceremony from its initial preparation, two or three weeks before its actual enactment to the final Sunday feast day.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Organized ceremonial

Ordering of time

Kindreds and ramages

Alcoholic beverages

Dance

Music

Animism

Ingroup antagonisms

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Canelos 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

Amazon and Orinoco

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

book chapter

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.

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

John Beierle; 2009

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1968-1975

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

1968-1975

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

western Pastaza province, Ecuador

NotesAdditional notes

Norman E. Whitten, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

75028350

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Canelo Indians--Social life and customs

Canelo Indians--Government relations

Puyo (Pastaza, Ecuador)--Social life and customs