21 Compare: What Can Images of Foreigners Tell Us About the People That Make Them?.20 Compare: What Makes a Work of Art Appealing to a Foreign Audience?.19 Compare: How Can Art Aid in the Reconciliation of New and Old Beliefs?.18 Compare: How Can Art Inspire Technical Innovation?.17 Compare: How Can Hybrid Art Define Individual Identity?.16 Art: Our Lady of Cocharcas Under the Baldachin.15 Art: Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures.14 Art: Namban (“Southern Barbarians” in Japan).13 Art: Chûbon no zu (Picture of the Middle Class).8 Art: Portrait of East India Company Official (probably William Fullerton).4 Art: Chi Kan Jo (Wisdom, Impression, Sentiment).3 Art: Pelea de Gallos (Fight of the Roosters).To fly like a bird is to rise above the ordinary world and get a glimpse of the larger picture, the universe in its totality. In this context, the wearing of feathers in a ceremony such as Bep takes on a deeper significance. The kind of ceremonial dances and performances that occur in this arena are referred to in Kayapó as “flying.” Furthermore, many rituals involve songs in which performers associate themselves with birds. The heart of the Kayapó village is its innermost ring, a large open plaza containing the men’s house where social and ritual activities take place.
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Kayapó villages, laid out as a series of concentric rings, are perhaps the best example. The circle is referenced not only in headdresses like this one, but also in other cultural productions. The Kayapó believe that they originally lived in the upper layer of the universe, but descended to earth through a circular opening at the bottom. The notion that the universe is arranged like a wasp-nest, comprised of circular layers, is integral to traditional Kayapó cosmology. When worn, the colorful item would form a kind of feathered aureole around the head of the wearer alluding to the shape of the cosmos. Along the upper arc, three sets of red macaw feathers punctuate the main circle, extending beyond the circumference. This particular headdress, a type worn by initiates in the Kayapó name-giving ceremony called Bep, is constructed from the blue, brown, and striped feathers of the harpy eagle and bare-faced curassow. Feather headdresses like this one figure prominently in the ritual dress of the Kayapó, whose beliefs and worldview are very much integrated with the natural environment in which they live. Body arts, which include body painting as well as bead and featherwork, are extremely important among this group.
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