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Pequi_1

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Title

The origin of the pequi tree and fruits and of the mangaba tree and fruits

Contributor

Bruna Franchetto

Country

Brazil

Genre

Unspecified

Format

audio/x-wav

Language

Kuikúro-Kalapálo
Portuguese

Persistent Identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/1839/00-0000-0000-0001-37B9-A

Description

The narrative tells the story of the origin of the pequi, whose fruits are an important food resource at the end of the dry season in the Upper Xingu. The pequi (and the mangaba tree and fruits) grew from the burial of the mythical caiman, lover of Magika wives. It is a pan Upper Xingu myth; the theme of the women and Caiman, is spread through the Southamerican Lowlands. The pequi is associated, mythically and ritually, to the female sex, the sexuality, the gender opposition. The same narrative, told by another "master of stories" (Tühopese), has been video recorded in july 2001. See pequi_video.

Description

Story telling session; traditional narrative (akinhá);truthful story (akinha ekugu). Local: Kuikuro village at Ipatse (Terra Indígena do Xingu, Upper Xingu; Mato Grosso, Brazil). In the performer house, the performer lying or sitting in his hammock in a corner of his house, near a little fire; the researcher, BF, sitting on a bench on the right side of the performer's hammock, learning the what-sayer role (obbligatory participant in a narrative session, as privileged listener and interacting with the performer doing oral punctuation, making questions, asking for informations, etc.), holding the tape recorder and the microphone, as well a note book; the consultant Ak sitting or walking around or standing; parents of the performer and visitors watching and hearing from time to time. Session created by the researcher (BF), marking the meeting between the three participants one day before in na informal visit to the performer in his house, during which it was also defined the akinhá(narrative) to be told. The day after, BF and her consultant Ak met in the performer house, in the morning. The "payment" for the performance (personal goods) was given to the performer before, during and after the session, not exactly related to the session. As usually, after the session, the performer heard part of the recorded tape.

Description

The narrative tells the story of the origin of the pequi, whose fruits are an important food resource at the end of the dry season in the Upper Xingu. The pequi (and the mangaba tree and fruits) grew from the burial of the mythical caiman, lover of Magika wives. It is a pan Upper Xingu myth; the theme of the women and Caiman, is spread through the Southamerican Lowlands. The pequi is associated, mythically and ritually, to the female sex, the sexuality, the gender opposition. The same narrative, told by another "master of stories" (Tühopese), has been video recorded in july 2001. See pequi_video.

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