Ritual Encounters: Otavalan Modern and Mythic Community

by Michelle Wibbelsman

This book examines ritual practices and public festivals in the Otavalo and Cotacachi areas of northern Andean Ecuador's Imbabura province. Otavale?os are a unique group in that they maintain their traditional identity but also cultivate a cosmopolitanism through frequent international travel. Ritual Encountersexplores the moral, mythic, and modern crossroads at which Otavale?os stand, and how, at this junction, they come to define themselves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252076036
• ISBN13: 9780252076039
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"