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The UANKI state among the Bacairi
Sociologia • 12 (3) • Published In 1950 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1-16 [original: 259-271 ]
By: Altenfelder Silva, Fernando, Brunel, Ariane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Certain aspects of the culture of the Bakairi Indians of Mato Grosso are briefly described: their technology, kinship terminology, pantheon, ceremonies, shamanism, and the series of ritualistic seclusions, or UANKI, that occur at intervals during the life cycle: at birth, at puberty, at death, and upon becoming a shaman. Ritualistic seclusion, or UANKI, is a means of defense against harm of supernatural origin, and also for becoming shaman.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bakairi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- 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
- article
- 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
- Sigrid Khera ; 1969
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1947
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mato Grosso State, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- F. Altenfelder Silva
- Translation of: [O Estada de Uanki entre os Bakairi]
- The original Portuguese text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by A. Brunel in 1968-1969
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 49013506
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bakairi Indians