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Show 212 ethnographic rescue in cultures tending to disappear under the impact of modern life; the problems of selecting topics and degrees of urgency in the fields of interest of the so-called "Urgent Anthropology;" the regional organization of the Program; the selection of field investigators, their training and supervision; communication media by means of magazine, bulletins, instruction sheets, etc., the preservation of the material collected; the participating institutions, and the financing of the Program. 1969 Kearney, Michael, "Los Conceptos de Aire y Susto: Representaciones Symbolicas del Ambiente Social y Geografico Percibido," America Indigena, XXIX, No. 2 (April, 1969), pp. 431-450. English summarv: Anthropological literature on the folk concepts of aire and susto have considered them separately, and dealt mainly with areal distribution, symptomology, treatment and epidemiology. This paper has sought to demonstrate: 1) how both concepts are psychologically interrelated, and 2) that aire, susto and related folk belief serve as symbols reflecting perception of the social and geographic environments, of the societies in which they are found, viz. they symbolize the ubiquity of perceived hostile forces and the unpredictable suddenness with which they attack. Plasker, Robert L., "Ritos y Creencias Populares Relacionados con el Sacramento del Bautismo," America Indigena, XXIX, No. 2 (April, 1969), pp. 451-499. English summary: This study is a quest for understanding folk beliefs and rituals which are connected with the sacrament of baptism. After a very short time in Veraguas, the priest who administers the sacrament of baptism to the folk of the Province comes to the realization that there are striking differences in the faith of the folk in baptism and the official Catholic Church's teaching on baptism. It becomes increasingly obvious that distinctions should be made between the Catholic Church's belief and ritual and the popular beliefs and ritual concerning the sacrament of baptism. Understanding these popular beliefs and rituals would help us to appreciate them as folk beliefs and rituals. Accepting these distinctions would also help the Church to better formulate and clarify her teachings. This study was made in three districts of the Veraguas Province in the Republic of Panama; Santa Fe, San Francisco, and Santiago. It was carried out during the months of April through July of the Year 1968. Leon, Argeliers, "Musica Popular de Origin Africano en America Latina " America Indigena,, XXIX, No. 3 (July, 1969), pp. 627-664. English summary: This article deals with popular music of African origin in Latin America. The first of its three sections is a consideration of the principal causes of African presence in America, the places of origin and destination, and the dissimilar economic environments |