The Kuwai Religions of Northern Arawak-Speaking Peoples
Initiation, Shamanism, and Nature Religions of the Amazon and Orinoco
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11148958 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robin M Wright (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 55 |
| Pages | 123-150 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Boletín de Antropología (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0120-2510 • E-ISSN: 2390-027X |
| Publisher | Universidad de Antioquia (PUBLISHER • CO) |
| DOI | 10.17533/udea.boan.v33n55a07 |
| OpenAlex | W2785574522 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The sacred traditions of Kuwai are a central part of the cultural and spiritual heritage of northern Arawak-speaking peoples of the Northwest Amazon region living in an area from the upper Vaupés in Colombia, throughout the Içana River basin in Brazil, to the Guaviare and Inirida, river regions in Venezuela. This study aims to discuss some of the most important dimensions of this religious tradition. Concretely, by mapping the traditions and their variants; by discussing tradition ‘mythscapes’, that is, the sets of sacred sites inter-related by narratives and shamanic chants shared by ethno-linguistic groups; by elaborating on the most important meanings associated with the figure of Kuwai, having to do with patrilineal ancestors, cultural transmission across generations, nature/culture relations, and shamanism; and by looking at the cross-fertilization of cosmologies at the frontiers between the Kuwai religious tradition and non-Arawakan traditions
Amazon rainforest · Archaeology · Art · Biology · Ethnology · Geography · Humanities · Shamanism · History · Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |