François-Xavier Eder: Missions Jésuites au 18e Siècle en Amazonie Actuellement Bolivienne (Huitième Article): Choix des Époux, Fêtes et Jeux, Repas, Mets et Boissons, Artisanat et Arts

Laure, Joseph (2009) François-Xavier Eder: Missions Jésuites au 18e Siècle en Amazonie Actuellement Bolivienne (Huitième Article): Choix des Époux, Fêtes et Jeux, Repas, Mets et Boissons, Artisanat et Arts. Acta Ethnographica Hungarica, 54 (1). pp. 183-255. ISSN 1216-9803

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Abstract

Choice of a spouse, feasts and games, meals, food and drink, handicraft and arts . This article is a transcript and French translation of the first five chapters of Book 3 of the Latin manuscript by the Jesuit F. X. Eder on the missions or reductions in the Amerindian nations of the Moxos and Baures. It is the continuation of the first seven articles on the Jesuit missions in the now-Bolivian Amazon basin in the 18th century , entitled: 1. Lima, Peru, and their inhabitants in the 18th century. 2. Jesuit missions in the now Bolivian Amazon basin in the 18th century. 3. Quality of the soil and description of the Indians. 4. Constructive works, belief and superstitions of the Indians, and how to convince them to join a reduction. 5. Trees, fruits, plants and mammals. 6. Birds, hunting, crocodiles, dolphins, fishes and fishing. 7. Fauna (last part), poisons and antidote, arms used by Indians for hunting and fishing.

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