THE CEREMONIAL SYSTEM EVENTS AND PATTERNS

The forms of ceremony are a constant source of interest to Pascuans. The tedium which begins to overwhelm a non-Yaqui after hours of witnessing or discussing ceremonial events seems foreign to Yaquis. They may be weary, but they never seem bored. The forms themselves remain fascinating, perhaps beca...

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Published inPascua p. 204
Main Author EDWARD H. SPICER
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Arizona Press 01.05.2019
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Summary:The forms of ceremony are a constant source of interest to Pascuans. The tedium which begins to overwhelm a non-Yaqui after hours of witnessing or discussing ceremonial events seems foreign to Yaquis. They may be weary, but they never seem bored. The forms themselves remain fascinating, perhaps because they cannot, for a Yaqui, be separated from their meanings, even though the latter remain somewhere in the regions to which mere verbalisms do not penetrate. An account of ceremony which did not dwell on the minutiae of ritual would be alien to the Yaqui viewpoint, for it is these details which
ISBN:9780816508457
0816508453
DOI:10.2307/j.ctvss3x9k.14