Machine derived contents note: Part I. The rites in context: 1. Introduction; 2. The Barasana: land and people; Part II. The rites described: 3. Fruit House; 4. He House: the main initiation rite; Part III. Explanation and analysis: 5. The participants; 6. The flutes and trumpets; 7. The gourd of beeswax; 8. Open and closed: the howler monkey and the sloth; 9. Death and rebirth; 10. The Sun and the Moon; Part IV. Conclusion: 11. Conclusion
Notes
Based on the author's thesis, Cambridge University, 1974, which was presented under title: Male initiation and cosmology among the Barasana Indians of the Vaupés area of Colombia
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Based on the author's thesis, Cambridge University, 1974, which was presented under title: Male initiation and cosmology among the Barasana Indians of the Vaupes area of Colombia