La folie de l’arc-en-ciel ou la longue errance de Bwila

The Guro people in the Guo territorial unit in Ivory Coast practice a divination dance called Dawa, which we analysed in detail. This dance has the value of a therapeutic ritual for the novice: the success of the dance, i.e. full restitution of the word of the oracle, is a sign of mastery of communi...

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Main Author: Claudie Haxaire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laboratoire Éco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie 2012-12-01
Series:Revue d'ethnoécologie
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/797