Record details

• Physical Description: viii, 309 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 23 cm.
• Publisher: Santa Fe, New Mexico : Museum of New Mexico Press, 1970.
• Copyright: ©1969

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309).

Formatted Contents Note:

Approach to the study of Tewa ceremony : a technical introduction -- Symbolic dimensions of the setting -- Time : the annual ceremonial cycle -- The performers : social interaction -- Ritual preludes and postludes / by Antonio Garcia and Carlos Garcia -- Circuit orientation -- Horizontal formations -- Body movement in vertical and horizontal dimensions -- Dance and music integration -- Tonal patterns -- Deer spirits herald the dawn -- The awakening season : from Dawn Lake come the raingods -- San Juan girls are singing beautifully, swaying dew baskets -- The ripening season : with their corn growing power they come -- In the fertile valley they have flowers -- Above the dormant Earth beautifully game is emerging -- They come with thunder and lightning -- Pleasure dances for any season -- Matachines : a midwinter drama from Iberia -- Ritual radiation and reception.

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Subject:

Tewa dance.
Tewa Indians > Music > History and criticism.
Indiens d'Amérique > Nouveau-Mexique > Musique.
Indiens d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord > Danses.
Tewa (Indiens) > Musique.
Tewa dance.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Nonfiction.

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• Museum of New Mexico research records ; number 8
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