Los cantos de Kanaima
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Firstly, the focus is on the classification of the entity Kanaima in the multiverse of the indigenous group of Pemón (Venezuela / Brazil). Secondly, the historical and current recordings of Kanaima songs are presented, whereby the functions of these songs are examined with regard to the body/soul administration and the associated (re)-transformation processes. Finally, the peculiarity of this anti-human entity in the Guianas is discussed in comparison to the animistic ontologies of the Amazon.
Source: Ilha Revista de Antropologia
Author: Matthias Lewy
Institution: Universidade de Brasília
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2902278600