Title: El banquete aymara
First published: 1995
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.
Subjects: Aymara Indians, Religious life and customs, Social life and customs, Religion, Food, Votive offerings, Rites and ceremonies
Places: Omasuyos (Bolivia), Bolivia, Omasuyos
LC classification: F2230.2.A9 F47 1995