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Metadata
Title:AM sings the song Tolok
Song_Tolok_AM
Lacandón Cultural Heritage
Contributor:Elizabeth
Suzanne
Contributor (speaker):AM
Contributor (translator):SK
Coverage:Mexico
Date:2004-02-17
Description:AM sings U K'ayil Tolok 'Song of the Lizard', 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 Tolok 'The Song of the Lizard' for the collectors. He introduces the song before he sings it. He provides an explanation of the significance of the song in session, Exp_Tolok_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 they are neither seen or heard on camera.
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.
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. AM provides the bulk of the traditional rituals and stories for this corpus.
The collector of this session data is also responsbile for the collection of all of the data sessions and the whole project.
For an explanation of this song, see the session below, ../../Descriptions/Metadata/Exp_Tolok_AM.imdi
Format:audio/x-wav
video/x-mpeg1
video/x-mpeg2
DV
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0005-6C98-8
Publisher:Suzanne Cook
University of Victoria
Subject:Singing
Individual song
song lizard
Lacandon language
Lacandón
Subject (ISO639):lac
Type:audio
video

OLAC Info

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OaiIdentifier:  oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0005-6C98-8
DateStamp:  2017-02-14
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Search Info

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

Inferred Metadata

Country: Mexico
Area: Americas


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