Tséntsak
Subtitle: la experiencia chamánica en el pueblo shuar
By: Raquel Y. Antun' Tsamaraint', Víctor Hilario Chiriap Inchit.
Contributors: Antun' Tsamaraint', Raquel Y.; Chiriap Inchit, Víctor Hilario.; Instituto Normal Bilingüe Intercultural Shuar-Bomboiza.
Publisher: Ediciones ABYA-YALA; Instituto Normal Bilingüe Intercultural Shuar-Bomboiza
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Quito, Ecuador; [Bomboiza, Ecuador]
Language: spa
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Mashinkiash, Pablo.; Shuar Indians -- Biography.; Shamans -- Ecuador -- Biography.; Shuar Indians -- Religion.; Shuar Indians -- Medicine.
Description: "Produced by the Shuar of Ecuador, work focuses on shamanism and shamanic forces (tsentsak, darts). Includes biographies and interviews with Shuar shamans, and discussions of the shamans' practice, classes of shamans, initiation and trance experiences, and witchcraft. Particularly valuable insider perspective, with reflections on anthropological interpretations of Shuar shamanism"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"La presente publicación reúne dos estudios que consisten en las tesis de grado de dos alumnos de la promoción del INBISH en 1986"--P. [5].
Table of contents: title: El papel del uwishín el la vida social y repercusión de la brujería en la vida diaria / Antun' Tsamaraint Raquel [sic]; title: La experiencia chamánica en el pueblo shuar / Chiriap Inchit' Victor Hilario [sic].