. Andean culture history. Incas; Indians of South America. 230 ANDEAN CULTURE HISTORY each ccMcnioiiy. Groups of Avaniors in full regalia c'iii;ai;v(l ill violcMit activities in order to drive off evil si)ii-its. 'J'licre were pai'ades, games, and (lances at every perl'orniaiice, and sometimes the nnnnniics of the important deceased were removed from their Inirial vaults and carried in the parades. The ceremonies started at sunrise and closed at. Fig. 51. Musical instruments, panpipes, tiutes, ^vhistles, and a horn. sundown with a ritual bath for all the performers. Special chants and songs we
. Andean culture history. Incas; Indians of South America. 230 ANDEAN CULTURE HISTORY each ccMcnioiiy. Groups of Avaniors in full regalia c'iii;ai;v(l ill violcMit activities in order to drive off evil si)ii-its. 'J'licre were pai'ades, games, and (lances at every perl'orniaiice, and sometimes the nnnnniics of the important deceased were removed from their Inirial vaults and carried in the parades. The ceremonies started at sunrise and closed at. Fig. 51. Musical instruments, panpipes, tiutes, ^vhistles, and a horn. sundown with a ritual bath for all the performers. Special chants and songs were composed for the dancers who w^ere specially trained groups wdtli elaborate masks and costumes of skins or feathers. The music, all in the pentatonic scale, Avas provided by skin drums, bronze gongs, copper bells, bone flutes, ])anpipes, trumpets, and whistles (Fig. 51). Apart from the hierarchy of priests in the state religion many lesser priests jDresided at local. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bennett, Wendell Clark, 1905-1953; Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982. New York [American Museum of Natural History]
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