book chapter
Music and shamanism of the Winikina-Warao Indians: songs for curing and other theurgy, volume I
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1985 • Pages:
By: Olsen, Dale Alan.
Abstract
This source is a musical analysis of curing songs of the Warao Indians. It contains information on the cultural and musical background of the Warao; the shaman's rattle, the HEBU-MATARO; a chapter each on the music of the different types of shamans, i.e., the WISIRATU, the BAHANAROTU, and the HOAROTU (including information on the HOAROTU as a witch); and, finally, information on HOA curing songs, which, according to the author, are not truly shamanic. The appendixes (comprising Volume II) containing the texts and musical transcriptions of the songs are not included.
- Subjects
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Revelation and divination
- Sorcery
- Spirits and gods
- Bodily injuries
- culture
- Warao
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnomusicologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; 1985
- Field Date
- 1972-1973
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Winikina subgroup in the central Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela
- Notes
- by Dale Alan Olsen
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Los Angeles, 1973
- UM 75-19,683
- The appendixes (comprising Volume II) containing the texts and musical transcriptions of the songs are not included
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-210)
- LCSH
- Warao Indians