El banquete aymara
Subtitle: mesas y yatiris
By: Gerardo Fernández Juárez.
Series: Biblioteca andina ;; 15; Biblioteca andina (La Paz, Bolivia) ;; 15.
Publisher: Hisbol
Published: 1995
Place of publication: La Paz
Language: spa
Number of pages: 570
Subjects: Aymara Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.; Aymara Indians -- Food.; Aymara Indians -- Religion.; Votive offerings -- Bolivia -- Omasuyos.; Omasuyos (Bolivia) -- Religious life and customs.; Omasuyos (Bolivia) -- Social life and customs.
Description: "Extremely rich and detailed study of Aymara commensality and rituals is based on the structure and customs of the banquet table. Includes ethnographic descriptions and classifications of food, types of ritual and non-ritualized meals, and a sophisticated interpretation of relationships between hosts and ritual specialists, everyday and ritual meals, offerings and sacrifice, and indigenous commensality and the Catholic mass"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-567).