With good heart : Yaqui beliefs and ceremonies in Pascua Village /

With good heart : Yaqui beliefs and ceremonies in Pascua Village /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Painter, Muriel Thayer
Other Authors: Spicer, Edward Holland, 1906-1983, Kaemlein, Wilma R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1986.
Subjects:
Yaqui Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of North America > Arizona > Rites and ceremonies.
Pascua Village (Ariz.) > Social life and customs.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Edward H. Spicer
  • Publisher's note
  • Part I. Yaqui beliefs and practices
  • Pre-Christian worlds
  • Agents and manifestations of the supernatural
  • Yaqui Christian beliefs
  • Yaqui ritual practices
  • Part II. Yaqui ceremonial organization
  • The church group and the holy figures
  • The Matachinis
  • Kohtumbre Ya'ura
  • The native dancers
  • The military society
  • Part III. The ceremonies
  • Ceremonies outside Lent and Easter
  • The Easter ceremony, Ash Wednesday to Holy Week
  • The Easter ceremony, Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday
  • The Holy Cross.

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