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Symbolism and ritual practices related to hunting in Maya communities from central Quintana Roo, Mexico
BACKGROUND Some Mayan peasant-hunters across the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico still carry out a hunting ritual -Loojil Ts'oon, Loj Ts'oon or Carbine Ceremony- in which they renew the divine permission for hunting in order to continue deserving the gift of prey after a period of hunt. Thus they are granted access to game by the gods and the Lords of the Animals, particularly the spirit/evil-wind ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The journal of the convergence on culture technology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2384-0358
DOI: 10.17703/jcct.2016.2.1.53