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Chunchus at church door
- Title:
- Chunchus at church door
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Yarqa Aspiy ritual series
- Date:
- 1976
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- ISB_00135
- File Name:
- ISB_00135.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Yarqa Aspiy (Ritual)
Rites & ceremonies
Churches
Boys
- Image View Description:
- View of Chunchus at church door
- Description:
- Boys dressed as Chunchus, tropical forest Indians, "attack" the church with tiny bows and arrows as part of the Yarqa Aspiy, ritual cleaning of the irrigation canals.
- Bibliography:
- Isbell, Billie Jean. To Defend Ourselves: Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2135 Chapter 6
To Defend Ourselves, Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village, by Billie Jean Isbell. Waveland Press, 1985, chapter 6, section 2 (p. 138-145): http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2135
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection, Images from the Andes: Collection Highlights: Rituals: http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/collection/Isbell/rituals
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Series:
- Yarqa Aspiy ritual series : 19
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship, and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including websites), exhibitions or broadcasts, without permission.
