The Life of Maracás: Reflections upon a Ritual Instrument among the Pumé, from Venezuela
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https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2016.116916Keywords:
Maracás, Human Beings, Living Beings, Personhood, Artefacts, RitualAbstract
Between each Pumé man and his maracá there is an intimate relationship established at the time of passage to adulthood, to the point that maracas and men share a basic common biography and identity. This equivalence is based on the Pumé notion that the body is an empty vessel that must be manufactured and care to accommodate the vital essences which are a necessary condition to all beings, whether human, animals, gods and spirits, plants and even objectsDownloads
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