Ritual Encounters
This book examines ritual practices and public festivals in the Otavalo and Cotacachi areas of northern Andean Ecuador''s Imbabura province. Otavaleños are a unique group in that they maintain their traditional identity but also cultivate a cosmopolitanism through frequent international travel. Ritual Encountersexplores the moral, mythic, and modern crossroads at which Otavaleños stand, and how, ...
This book examines ritual practices and public festivals in the Otavalo and Cotacachi areas of northern Andean Ecuador''s Imbabura province. Otavaleños are a unique group in that they maintain their traditional identity but also cultivate a cosmopolitanism through frequent international travel. Ritual Encountersexplores the moral, mythic, and modern crossroads at which Otavaleños stand, and how, ...
