The Ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu. Exploring continuities and variations in forms, meanings and contexts through ethnographic sources
In this paper I review and compare the main sources of information about the ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu, an Amerindian people inhabiting in the semiarid Guajira peninsula (Northern Colombia and Venezuela). For their peculiar mix of songs, dances, imitative plays and competitive games, ins...
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Main Author: | Alessandro Mancuso |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Italian |
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Dipartimento Culture e Società - Università di Palermo
2022-06-01
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Series: | Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/aam/5438 |
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