OLAC Record oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0005-7844-6

Metadata
Title:		Jawari performance: Dance, choosing of the moretá
		jaw_moreta
		Awetí Language Documentation Project
Contributor:		Awetí
		Sebastian
		SD
Contributor (consultant):		083
		030
		146
		132
Coverage:		Brazil
Date:		2002-06-03
Description:		This session records the choosing of the moretá among the Awetí men who will have the task of inviting the neighbouring community (Nahukua) to the Jawari celebration. In 2002 a Jawari takes place in the Awetí-village. There is an audio and a video recording to this session which roughly correspond to each other.
		This project aims at the documentation of the Awetí Language and aspects of the Awetí culture. Awetí is a tupian language of a small speech community of the same name at the southern edge of the Amazon rain forest, in the Xingú reserve, Mato Grosso, central Brazil. The project was funded December 2000--April 2006 by the VolkswagenStiftung in the Documentation of Endangered Languages Programme (DOBES). The principal researcher, Sebastian Drude, initianted his research among the Aweti in 1998. Sabine Reiter participated as a freelancer in 2001 and as research assistant (including conducting field research) from 2002 on. The Awetí participated intensively in the project. At least one person of each houshold provided individual texts, the community agreed to be documented in day-to-day activities and during special events such as rituals. Several Awetí got involved in the further processing of the documentation data, especially by assisting in the creation of transcriptions and translations during the 9 field trips and in 8 visits of two to three speakers in Belém or Canarana.
		In this session the Awetí perform a ritual Jawari dance and choose the moretá (inviter) who invites the neighbouring community to the feast.
		Awetí among the Awetí. Partially Awetí, partially Portuguese with the researcher.
		In this recording Sebastian Drude is a non-participating observer of the preparations for the Jawari celebration. 083 is the one who actually selects the moretá. He chooeses 030, the main chief 146 and 132.
		The Jawari-cerimony is performed by the Awetí-community as a whole. Since Jawari is a ritual celebration carried out by men, the male members of the Awetí-community are especially involved.
		The principal researcher of the Aweti Project. Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (teaching and research assistant), Free University Berlin / Germany. Magister Artium in Linguistics (Free University of Berlin, 1997). Two-year DAAD fellowship at Museu Goeldi, Belém, 1997--1999. PhD in Linguistics (Free University of Berlin, 2002). Initiated field research among the Aweti in 1998. Field stays: July--October 1998, September--October 1999, June--August 2001, June--August 2002, May--July 2003, May--June 2004, Feb 2004, Nov 2004
		083 is one of the few elders of the village. His father funcioned as the last chief, and he is also considered to be a (at least, secondary) chief by many members of the community. He is the most prestigeous story teller living in the village before the arrival of 157 in 2005, and one of the most powerful shamans, too. He is married to 060 (no children) and 064, whith whom he has many children, one of the teachers, 085, and 086, another transcriber for the Project, among them.
		030 is a family father and oldest son of 026. With his wife 074 he has many children, including the adult or almost adult 078 (man) 073 (boy) 079 (woman) 080 (girl). As his grandfather (same name!) was an important chief, he is highly respected even by the chief 146 and considered to be one of the leaders of the village.
		146 is the main chief of the village. His father, 157, left the village in the seventies, giving up his chief-hood. 146 grew up with the Kamayurá, got in contact with the brazilian air-force and moved outside the village for some years in order to study and eventually take over a position in the self-administration of the Park. He then met his older wife (147) at the Kamayurá and decided to go back into the Park before finishing his studies. Later he married 147's younger sister, 148. Both do not speak (but understand) Awetí. When 146's father was asked to come back as a chief, he declined, but suggested his oldest son, 146, to take the position with his advice. The community constructed a large house around 1996 in order to receive 146 as a real chief. SInce then, he is in charge.
		132 is a half-brother of 118 and 074, son of the Trumai 075. He is married to 019, a sister of 018, one of the teachers. His mother, 076, is now married to the Kamayurá 077. He is a specialist in house-building (as is his step-father 077) and from 2003 on started to be trained as a singer. Respected by many due to his calm mood.
		The main researcher of the Awetí Project. See description of Collector.
		This source corresponds to media file jaw_moreta1.wav.
		This source corresponds to media file jaw_moreta2.mpg
Format:		audio/x-wav
		video/x-mpeg1
		text/x-toolbox-text
		text/x-eaf+xml
		MD
		DV
Identifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0005-7844-6
		AW
Publisher:		Dr. Sebastian Drude and Prof. Dr. H.-H. Lieb
		Freie Universität Berlin
Subject:		Culture
		Jawari
		Jawarí
		Portuguese language
		Awetí language
		Awetí
Subject (ISO639):		por
		awe
Type:		audio
		video
OLAC Info
Archive:		The Language Archive at the MPI for Psycholinguistics
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/www.mpi.nl
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OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0005-7844-6
DateStamp:		2017-02-14
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Awetí; Sebastian; 083 (consultant); 030 (consultant); 146 (consultant); 132 (consultant); SD. 2002-06-03. Dr. Sebastian Drude and Prof. Dr. H.-H. Lieb.
Terms:		area_Americas area_Europe country_BR country_PT iso639_awe iso639_por
Inferred Metadata
Country:		BrazilPortugal
Area:		AmericasEurope