Into the rain forest
Subtitle: living the Achuar way at Suwa
By: photographs and text by Lucy Wendell-Thorpe.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Custom Communications, Publisher
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Biddeford, Me
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781892168146
Subjects: Wendell-Thorpe, Lucy -- Travel -- Pastaza River Region (Ecuador and Peru); Achuar Indians -- Pastaza River Region (Ecuador and Peru) -- Social life and customs; Achuar Indians -- Pastaza River Region (Ecuador and Peru) -- Pictorial works; Rain forests -- Pastaza River Region (Ecuador and Peru); Endangered ecosystems -- Pastaza River Region (Ecuador and Peru); Survival skills -- Pastaza River Region (Ecuador and Peru); Community life -- Pastaza River Region (Ecuador and Peru); Pastaza River Region (Ecuador and Peru) -- Description and travel; Pastaza River Region (Ecuador and Peru) -- Social life and customs; Pastaza River Region (Ecuador and Peru) -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works
Table of contents: title: Landing in the rain forest; title: To Kapawi; title: Venturing into the rain forest; title: Visiting an Achuar community; title: Along the trails and rivers; title: How do they fire pots over log fires?; title: Walter's village; title: Gardens; title: Pottery and weaving; title: Rain forest life in color; title: Fishing; title: Wayusa tea ceremony; title: Returning for more instruction : eating at Marco's; title: Basket weaving; title: Manioc and chicha : the staple food; title: Marriage, childbirth, raising children; title: Medicine : doctors come for the first time; title: Long Walk to the River, and to a pond; title: Walter's return : a festival; title: Making blowguns and curare; title: Thatching roofs, visiting houses; title: Spiritual life; title: Goodbye; title: Epilogue.