Kallawaya Blessing Ceremony
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- Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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- Video Title
- Kallawaya Blessing Ceremony
- Description
- The Kallawaya people, who make their home high in the Bolivian Andes, developed intricate systems of traditional medicinal practices and belief. These practices, steeped in a specialized vocabulary, help keep the Kallawaya language alive. At the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Kallawaya participants involved the audience in a ritual blessing for women.
- Video Duration
- 4 min 32 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- culture music performance tradition folk language festival smithsonian "washington dc"
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- 2013-12-12T17:14:18.000Z
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- YouTube Videos
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- smithsonianfolklife
- Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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- smithsonianfolklife
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- Education
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- Cultural property
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- yt_wauUx1DYMCI
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