Ritual Encounters: Otavalan Modern and Mythic Community

by Michelle Wibbelsman

Book Overview

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"