The Hopi Kachina Cult: Religion and Ritual as Elements of Cultural Identity Preservation

Authors : Meldan TANRISAL

Pages : 29-42

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Publication Date : 1998-10-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The descendents of the prehistoric peoples who lived in the Southwest of the United States fifteen hundred years ago, the Pueblo Indians have to this day preserved their identity and rich culture despite the assaults of Euro-American civilization. If certain traditional forms of Pueblo life seem to have changed little from, for example, ten centuries ago, it is because, for the Pueblo, religion and ritual have been inseparable from social life. Their religion has protected them from the encroachment of outside influences.
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