Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Opa and soldiers
- Title:
- Opa and soldiers
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Yarqa Aspiy ritual series
- Date:
- 1969
- Location:
- Chuschi (Peru)
- ID Number:
- ISB_00330
- File Name:
- ISB_00330.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Yarqa Aspiy (Ritual)
Festivals
Rites & ceremonies
Parades & processions
- Image View Description:
- View of "Opa and soldiers"
- Description:
- The opa, the character of the stupid speechless sacristan, is ringing a cow bell and he carries urine as his holy water. He 'baptizes' babies and performs 'marriages.' A soldier and a military officer are at his side. The officer brandishes a riding crop.
- 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 : 29
- 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.
