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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Revelation and divination
- Sorcery
- Spirits and gods
- Bodily injuries
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Warao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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.
- Ethnomusicologist
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Winikina subgroup in the central Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional 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)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Warao Indians