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Metadata
Title:AM sings the Song of the Monkeys
Song_Monks_AM
Lacandón Cultural Heritage
Contributor:SK
Suzanne
Elizabeth
Contributor (speaker):AM
Coverage:Mexico
Date:2004-02-17
Description:AM sings U K'ayil Ma7ax 'the Song of the Monkeys', at the request of the collectors.
Lacandon Cultural Heritage is a documentation of the language and culture of the northern Lacandon(Maya), who live in the rain forest in Chiapas, the south-eastern state of Mexico. They number approximately 350 men, women and children, who have retained much of their traditional culture and religion. The project serves as a preservative measure against loss of the traditional knowledge, stories, and verbal performances that are central to Lacandon culture. It also serves as an interactive resource tool for linguists and non-linguists to access data relevant to their areas of interest, such as folklore, ethnobotany, cultural anthropology, etc.
AM sings U K'ayil Ma7ax 'the Song of the Monkeys', at the request of the collectors. An explanaition of the significance of this song can be found in Exp_Monks_AM.
Lacandon is the only language used in this session.
AM is the only contributor in this session. SK and the collectors are present but do not interact with AM.
SK is one of CK and KP's younger children. He was born in Naha and has lived there all his life. He still lives at home, with his new wife NI. He provides the bulk of the Lacandon-Spanish translations, and is present during many sessions recorded with AM.
The collector of this session data is also responsbile for the collection of all of the data sessions and the whole project.
AM is an elder in the community of Naha. He is respected for his knowledge of traditional Lacandón culture, and his knowledge of the traditional stories and ceremonial formulae. He is one of the few Lacandones who still practice the ancient Maya rituals. He is related to CK and his family by marriage. AM provides the bulk of the traditional rituals and stories for this corpus.
For an explanation of the significance of this song, see the session below, ../../Descriptions/Metadata/Exp_Monks_AM.imdi
Format:audio/x-wav
video/x-mpeg1
video/x-mpeg2
DV
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0005-6C93-7
Publisher:Suzanne Cook
University of Victoria
Subject:Singing
Individual song
song monkeys
Lacandon language
Lacandón
Subject (ISO639):lac
Type:audio
video

OLAC Info

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OAI Info

OaiIdentifier:  oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0005-6C93-7
DateStamp:  2017-02-14
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Search Info

Citation: SK; Suzanne; Elizabeth; AM (speaker). 2004-02-17. Suzanne Cook.
Terms: area_Americas country_MX iso639_lac

Inferred Metadata

Country: Mexico
Area: Americas


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