Project Gutenberg 2022-07-14 Public domain in the USA. 91 Bourke, John Gregory 1846 1896 Bourke, John G. (John Gregory) Sheridan, Philip Henry 1831 1888 Sheridan, P. H. (Philip Henry) The urine dance of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico $aUnited States :$bPrivately Printed,$c1920. Charlene Taylor, Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Urine Dance of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico" by John Gregory Bourke is an ethnological study written in the early 20th century. This book explores a unique ritual of the Zuni Indians, specifically focusing on a peculiar dance that involves the consumption of human urine as part of the ceremonial proceedings. Bourke, a Captain in the U.S. Army, provides a firsthand account of this ritual, illustrating its cultural and historical context within the Zuni community. In the narrative, Bourke describes his experience attending the urine dance, where he witnesses Zuni performers engaging in an elaborate and grotesque presentation that parodies elements of Catholic worship while incorporating humor and vulgarity. Participants consume urine in front of a mixed audience, highlighting the ceremony's shocking nature. It is suggested that this dance served both as a test of endurance and a reflection on historical experiences of deprivation faced by the Zunis during periods of conflict. Bourke attempts to contextualize the ritual, linking it to broader themes of survival and the intertwining of religious and medicinal practices among indigenous peoples. Overall, the book serves as a vivid, albeit unsettling, description of a specific cultural tradition, shedding light on the complexities of Zuni ceremonial life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/urinedanceofzuni00bourrich/page/n3/mode/2up 20220108223837bourke 1920 US Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Zuni Indians Urine dance E011 Text Category: History - Other Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 38602 2025-06-27T07:17:34.809166 text/html 14838 2024-10-18T23:22:33 text/html 202489 2025-06-27T07:17:36.873146 application/epub+zip 201157 2025-06-27T07:17:35.490203 application/epub+zip 117792 2025-06-27T07:17:35.142202 application/epub+zip 357966 2025-06-27T07:17:38.125212 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349471 2025-06-27T07:17:36.634175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263578 2022-09-30T20:27:55.102225 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 30767 2025-06-27T07:17:34.708160 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 10661 2024-10-18T23:22:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17741 2025-06-27T07:17:38.254148 application/rdf+xml 12697 2025-06-27T07:17:35.315185 image/jpeg 2609 2025-06-27T07:17:35.227176 image/jpeg 167430 2025-06-27T07:17:34.816181 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia