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The eating groups and work groups among the Tapirapé
Ensaios de etnologia Brasileira, series 5:Brasiliana • 101 • Published In 1937 • Pages: 86-111
By: Baldus, Herbert, Brunel, Ariane.
Abstract
In this article, the author discusses the organization of eating groups, their role in the distribution of food, the part they play in community feasts, and in social life in general. In addition, the communal labor groups among the Tapirapé are also discussed and a description is given of a work party. Tapirapé attitudes toward labor, work tempos and rhythms and the manner in which labor is organized is also described. The data were gathered by the author, an ethnologist, in 1935 when he lived with the Tapirapé.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Eastern South America
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Betty Potash; 1960
- Field Date
- 1935
- Coverage Date
- 1935
- Coverage Place
- Tapirapé river area, far northeastern Mato Grosso state, Brazil
- Notes
- Herbert Baldus
- Translation of: [Os Grupos de Comer e os Grupos de Trabalho dos Tapirapé]
- The original Portuguese text is included only in the microfiche collection
- Includes bibliographical references
- Translated from the Portuguese for the HRAF files by Ariane Brunel in 1960
- Plates 1-29 omitted since they do not pertain to Tapirapé
- LCSH
- Tapirapé Indians