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Warao oral literatureBook 1964 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This collection of Warao folk tales (De-Nobo) was gathered in a period of five weeks in 1954; the main informant was the chief-priest of the Winikina Warao who inhabit the central part of the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela. Each story is presented in the...The fishermenbook chapter 1972 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This document provides a general descriptive survey of Warao society and culture, emphasizing material culture, food-quest activities, social organization, religious beliefs, and life-cycle....Tobacco and shamanistic ecstasy among the Warao Indians of Venezuelaessay 1972 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This article presents a detailed discussion of the use of tobacco by Warao shamans to induce hallucinogenic trances. In the process of describing this phenomenon, Wilbert provides much additional information on the three basic types of shamans found ...Geography and telluric lore of the Orinoco Deltaarticle 1979 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This is a study of Warao ethnogeographical and cosmological beliefs presented in terms of their concepts of the physical universe and their ecological adaptation and religious orientation to it. The focus of the study are the Hoanarao or 'black-water...Navigators of the winter sunessay 1977 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This article is concerned with describing the technology and mythological background of Warao canoe-making. Details concerning the ritual which attends the construction of canoes, along with the texts of chants intoned by the craftsman, are provided....Eschatology in a participatory universeessay 1975 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This article provides a survey of Warao cosmological, eschatological, and spiritual beliefs. Priest-shamans function as intermediaries between human beings and the supernaturals, who must also be placated through propitiation. Wilbert describes the W...To become a maker of canoesessay 1976 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This article offers a wealth of data concerning the technical and ritual aspects of Warao canoe-making. Transmission of canoe-making skills during childhood and adolescence is discussed, along with the ritualistic initiation of an adult as a prestigi...The calabash of ruffled feathersessay 1977 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This source presents a detailed description of the sacred shaman's rattle of the Warao, called 'Calabash of the Ruffeled Feathers.' The author discusses its mythological origins, function in shamanistic ceremonies, manufacture by the WISHIRATU (shama...The metaphoric snarearticle 1975 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
In this article the text of a widely-distributed Warao folktale is presented along with an analysis of the metaphoric and connotative usages of language within it. The phenomenon of varying language styles in common speech is also discussed....Secular and sacred functions of the fire among the Waraoarticle 1967 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This is a concise article about the technology for and beliefs about fire among the Warao. Specific data are primarily from the Winikina subgroup. Detailed coverage on fire and torch making, hearths, and fire maintenance is supplemented with data on ...MANICARIA SACCIFERA and its cultural significance among the Warao Indians of Venezuelaarticle 1976 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This is an article written by an experienced ethnologist on the pervasive significance of the MANICARIA SACCIFERA palm, or temiche, to the Warao. It also contains extensive data on the flora and environment of the Orinoco Delta. The article is notabl...The Warao Indians of the Orinoco Deltaessay 1980 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This is a short introductory study to the ethnology of the Warao of the Orinoco Delta of Venezuela. Topics cover the geography of the region, culture history, linguistics, material culture, social organization and kinship, cosmology, and religion....Genesis and demography of a Warao subtribeessay 1980 • Wilbert, Johannes
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
In this document Wilbert presents a demographic study of the Winikina Warao of the Orinoco Delta of Venezuela. The article describes their settlements, culture contact with Catholic missionaries, culture change, economy, and population statistics foc...The Sanemabook chapter 1963 • Wilbert, Johannes & Muirden, Sydney
Yanoama • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This document is the introduction and one chapter of the Wilbert's major work dealing with the Indians of the Orinoco-Ventuari region of southern Venezuela. The introduction contains information on the geography and the location and basic indentifica...The social and political organization of the Waraoarticle 1958 • Wilbert, Johannes & Hicock, Shelton
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
Applying the functional-structure approach, Wilbert describes the historical development of the culture and society of the Warao Indians of the Orinoco Delta from pre-Columbian times until the mid-1950s. The author does not give a detailed explanatio...Folk literature of the Tehuelche IndiansBook 1984 • Wilbert, Johannes et al.
Tehuelche • South America > Southern South America
This book provides a large collection of Tehuelche narratives recorded over several years. Most of these narratives are translations from original sources in Italian, Gaelic and Spanish. Each narrative is followed by a brief summary and a comprehensi...Culture summaryessay 2020 • Skoggard, Ian A. & Wilbert, Johannes
Enxet and Enlhet • South America > Southern South America
This is a culture summary of the Enxet and Enlhet peoples. Information is presented on major aspects of Enlhet and Enxet culture....Yaruro incipient tropical forest horticulture:essay 1961 • Leeds, Anthony & Wilbert, Johannes
Pumé • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This source is primarily concerned with the relationship between a specific ecological system and the resulting cultural pattern. The author uses the Yaruro of the central Cinaruco area to illustrate this relationship using the indigenous tropical fo...Blood group antigen tests of the Waica Indians of Venezuelaarticle 1962 • Layrisse, Miguel et al.
Yanoama • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
In addition to the blood group study, this article also contains a culture summary of the Yanoama. The authors compare the results of this Waica blood group study with data from the Warao and Yaruro. As a result of this comparison and along with ling...Warao blood group systemsessay 1980 • Layrisse, Miguel et al.
Warao • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This work consists of a blood sample analysis taken from individuals from five Warao subtribes -- the Sakobana, Hobure, Winikina, Koberuna, and Arawabisi....