Reinventing rituals and the role of music in the process of affirming identity among the Amazonian Kichwa-Quijos from Napo, Ecuador

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dc.contributor.authorYunga Tacuri, Marco
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorWilson, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-25T17:51:32Z
dc.date.available2016-05-25T17:51:32Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I study how the Kichwa-Quijos are reconstructing rituals in order to strengthen self-identity, and how music is an essential part of those practices. My research is based on fieldwork I conducted in the Napo Province in the Amazonian region of Ecuador. Older generations are concerned that traditions and culture are being lost by youth. I explore how rituals surrounding kinship are used in order to continue traditions and reaffirm identity. I study the reconstruction of traditional wedding rituals in two communities and explore how music is used to strengthen identity. In one community, traditional music is incorporated into the ritual, strengthening their “Kichwa” identity; in another community, more modern music is used in the same way to strengthen their ancestral “Quijos” identity. I study how such different styles of music are both understood as “traditional” by different groups of people, and how that understanding reinforces their identities.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4489
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.proquest.subject0326en_US
dc.proquest.subject0631en_US
dc.proquest.subject0534en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Anthropologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Anthropologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectAmazoniaen_US
dc.subjectIdentityen_US
dc.subjectMusicen_US
dc.subjectRitualen_US
dc.subjectKinshipen_US
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.subjectEthnicityen_US
dc.subjectEcuadoren_US
dc.subjectKichwaen_US
dc.subjectQuijosen_US
dc.subjectDanceen_US
dc.subjectTraditionen_US
dc.titleReinventing rituals and the role of music in the process of affirming identity among the Amazonian Kichwa-Quijos from Napo, Ecuadoren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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