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Title:Myth: Tukupara
RG91M-Tuku
Organization of a Text Collection in Trumai, Aiming at its Scientific Documentation
Contributor:Speaker1
Raquel
Coverage:Brazil
Date:1991-07-22
Description:ENGLISH: Myth about a young man named "Tukupara". He is betrayed by a friend, who throws a stingray on his chest. The stingray sticks to him and he cannot get rid of it anymore. He then turns into a spirit and goes to live in the woods. ----- PORTUGUÊS: Mito sobre um rapaz chamado "Tukupara". Ele é enganado por um amigo, que joga uma arraia em seu peito. A arraia fica grudada e ele não cosnegue se livrar mais dela. O rapaz então torna-se um espírito e vai viver no mato.
The purpose of the project is to document Trumai, a genetically isolate language spoken in Brazil. The archive consists of a collection of texts in the language, plus other kinds of materials relative to the Trumai culture, such as photos, drawings, songs, educational materials, etc.
Myth named 'Tukupara'.
The speaker talks in Trumai.
The speaker (Speaker1) narrates the myth in Trumai. Sometimes he addresses the researcher (RG).
Speaker1 was a native speaker of Trumai. He was considered the best storyteller of the Trumai people. He was also an expert in ritual chants, being very respected by other Xinguan groups. He had knowledge about medicinal plants and roots, and shamanism practices. He was old (above 70) when the died in 1995.
Raquel is a Brazilian linguist. She has been working with the Trumai people since 1989. She has a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Rice University (Houston, Texas, U.S.A).
Format:audio/mp4
text/x-toolbox-text
text/x-eaf+xml
CC
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0008-3B09-F
Documentation of Trumai
Publisher:Raquel Guirardello-Damian
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Subject:Discourse
Narrative
Trumai traditions
Trumai language
Trumaí
Subject (ISO639):tpy
Type:audio

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Search Info

Citation: Speaker1; Raquel. 1991-07-22. Raquel Guirardello-Damian.
Terms: area_Americas country_BR iso639_tpy

Inferred Metadata

Country: Brazil
Area: Americas


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