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'Warmi' of Yapuy fiesta

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Title:
'Warmi' of Yapuy fiesta
Collection:
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
Set:
Yapuy ritual series
Date:
1969
Country:
Peru
ID Number:
ISB_00265
File Name:
ISB_00265.jpg
Culture:
Quechua
Subject:
Yapuy (Ritual)
Gender
Men
Horseback riding
Festivals
Rites & ceremonies
Image View Description:
View of 'Warmi' of Yapuy fiesta
Description:
Man playing the role of 'warmi' who plants the plaza. His face is blackened.
Bibliography:
To Defend Ourselves, Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village, by Billie Jean Isbell. Waveland Press, 1985, chapter 9, section 3: 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:
Yapuy ritual series : 19
Format:
Image
Rights:
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