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Gubida illness and religious ritual among the Garifuna of Santa Fe, HondurasBook 1989 • Bianchi, Cynthia Chamberlain
Garifuna • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central America
This is a detailed study of an illness called HASANDIGUBIDA, believed by the Garifuna to be caused by the spirits of dead relatives. The author points out that while this illness seems to cross-cut various biomedical classifications of disorder, ther...