Southern Paiute pilgrimage and relationship formation

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Abstract

Southern Paiute religious specialists make pilgrimages to powerful places and landscapes. These religious events create new relationships and community that are not bounded by normal social constraints. While Turner's communitas focuses on people, this research argues that for Southern Paiute people, communitas actually is created between people, places, and objects with bonds of expectations and commitments. Southern Paiutes believe that the world is alive and all elements have agency and must be respected.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)129-140
Number of pages12
JournalEthnology
Volume51
Issue number2
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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