Case file · Folklore / legend
The Barasana He House rites
Stephen Hugh-Jones' 1979 book The Palm and the Pleiades described the Barasana 'He House' initiation on the Pirá-Paraná, in which sacred flutes that women must not see are played to bring boys into the world of the ancestors.
1979 CE · -0.60, -70.40 · status: account
The account
The rites link the movement of the Pleiades, the fruiting of palms and the Jurupari ancestors. Position approximate.