... the spirits. Dedeheiwa calls a "hot and meat-hungry. hekura to devour the children's souls with fire" (Internet source). The elaborate drama goes on for two days. The calling on spirit guides of one people to kill the enemies of another people, with whom they have just formed their alliance, serves as a bonding experience as well as political power building. Eventually, the ... " the Amazon" (pp. 187) Marshall Sahlins (2000) wrote in a Washington Post (12/10/00) review of Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon by Patrick Tierney (a book that claims th...

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... the spirits. Dedeheiwa calls a "hot and meat-hungry. hekura to devour the children's souls with fire" (Internet source). The elaborate drama goes on for two days. The calling on spirit guides of one people to kill the enemies of another people, with whom they have just formed their alliance, serves as a bonding experience as well as political power building. Eventually, the ... " the Amazon" (pp. 187) Marshall Sahlins (2000) wrote in a Washington Post (12/10/00) review of Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon by Patrick Tierney (a book that claims th...

• Word Count: 1163
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate