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Title:The origin of the pequi tree and fruits and of the mangaba tree and fruits
Pequi_1
Descrição e análise de línguas indígenas brasileiras. Gramática Kuikuro; Etnografia da Oralidade
Contributor:Bruna Franchetto
Agatsipá
Ahukaka
Coverage:Brazil
Date:1981-09-04
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.
Documentation, description and analysis of the Kuikuro language (Carib). Phonetics and phonology; morphology; syntax. Comparison with the other Upper Xingu Carib variants (Kalapalo/Nahukwá/Matipu). Comparison with other Carib languages: the place of the Upper Xingu Carib inside the Carib family, as member of the southern branch. Social/political identity and linguistic identity in a multilingual society (the Upper Xingu). Ethnography of oral traditions: narrative, oratory, cerimonial discourse, curing formulas, chanted speech, songs. Verbal art and discourse genres in the Upper Xingu. The research on the Kuikuro language began in 1976; since 1984 it has been partially supported by the CNPq (brazilian national counsel for scientific and technological development) and by the FINEP (brazilian governmental foundation for graduate courses) through the Graduate Program in Social Anthropology, National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
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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.
The Kuikuro language is dominant, used by the monolingual performer. Portuguese is used by the session creator and by the kuikuro consultant.
Three participants: the performer, the what-sayer, the researcher (session creator) and performer parents as audience
DOBES.SESSIONNR="01"
Format:audio/x-wav
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0001-37B9-A
CNPq 302038/84-1
Subject:Kuikúro-Kalapálo language
Portuguese language
Subject (ISO639):kui
por
Type:audio

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Citation: Bruna Franchetto; Agatsipá; Ahukaka; Bruna Franchetto. 1981-09-04. The Language Archive at the MPI for Psycholinguistics.
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