Title: Compadres y priostes :
Authors: Botero, Luis Fernando.
Date: 1991
Publisher: Ediciones ABYA-YALA,
Physical description: 148 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language: Spanish
LC classification: G
Abstract: "Collection of student essays from a course on religious anthropology conducted in field sites. Students explore and describe festivals from the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church such as Christmas, Epiphany, Corpus Christi, All Souls, and various saints' days held in highland indigenous communities. Includes an historical and theoretical introduction by the editor/professor"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Subject headings (LCSH): Catholic Church--Ecuador--Customs and practices.; Ecuador--Religious life and customs.; Ecuador--Social life and customs.; Fasts and feasts--Ecuador.; Festivals--Ecuador.; Indians of South America--Ecuador--Folklore.; Indians of South America--Ecuador--Religion and mythology.; Indians of South America--Ecuador--Religion.; Indians of South America--Ecuador--Rites and ceremonies.; Indians of South America--Ecuador--Social conditions; Syncretism (Religion)