Male initiation rite

Rito de iniciación de hombres

Object Details

Subject LanguageCurripaco
Language PID(s)ailla:119621
Title [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Title
TitleMale initiation rite
Language Community
Country(ies)Venezuela
Place CreatedGavilán, Río Guainia
Date Created1985
Description [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Description
Description(I001): In the first four performances, adult men go out into the forest to collect palm fruits and play various sacred flutes and trumpets representing different animal species and parts of the body of the primordial human being (Kuwái). In the fifth performance, the men are returning to the village where women, children, and the boys undergoing initiation are waiting in seclusion (see KPC002R003, pp. 9-10 for details).

(I002): 1) Adult men playing sacred animal trumpets of Kuwái as they leave by canoe for the forest to collect fruits in the morning. 2) Adult men playing flutes as they return to the village with palm fruits in the afternoon. 3) Adult men playing various sacred flutes and trumpets in the village, women and children in seclusion. 4) Men singing kapetiápani (whip-dance song) as women come out of seclusion to dance with the men (see KPC002R003, pp. 10-11 for details).
(I003): see pp. 11-12 of KPC002R003 for details
(I004): see pp. 12-13 of KPC002R003 for details
I005): see pp. 14-15 of KPC002R003 for details
(I006): see p. 15 of KPC002R003 for details
(I007): see pp. 15-16 of KPC002R003 for details
(I008): see p. 16 of KPC002R003 for details
(I009): see p. 17 of KPC002R003 for details
(I010): see pp. 17-18 of KPC002R003 for details
(I011): see p. 18 of KPC002R003 for details
(I012): see p. 19 of KPC002R003 for details
(I013): see p. 20 of KPC002R003 for details
(I014): see p. 20 of KPC002R003 for details
(I015): see p. 20 of KPC002R003 for details
(I016): see pp. 20-21 of KPC002R003 for details
GenresCeremony
Instrumental music
Source Note10856 - 10865.A
References
Contributor(s) Individual / RoleLópez de Oliveiros, Felix (Recorder)
López de Oliveiros, Felix (Researcher)
Hill, Jonathan (Researcher)
Contributor(s) Corporate / Role

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