OLAC Record oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0022-3B13-6

Metadata
Title:		Myth: Mautsini
		RG89M-Mautsi
		Organization of a Text Collection in Trumai, Aiming at its Scientific Documentation
Contributor:		Speaker1
Coverage:		Brazil
Date:		1989-08-04
Description:		ENGLISH: Myth about Mautsini and the river waters. It explains why in human hands there is a gap between the index finger and the thumb (originally, people would have 6 fingers, but one was lot and now there is a gap). The myth was narrated by a Trumai storyteller in 1989. Although the quality of the recording is not good, it was preserved because its content is important. --- PORTUGUES: Mito sobre Mautsini e as águas dos rios. Explica porque nas mãos das pessoas existe um vão entre o dedo indicador e o polegar (originalmente, as pessoas teriam 6 dedos, mas um deles se perdeu e ficou o espaço vazio). O mito foi narrado por um Trumai já idoso em 1989. Embora a qualidade de gravação não seja boa, foi preservada porque o conteúdo é importante.
		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.
		The Trumai storyteller talks in Trumai. In the background, there is sometimes some conversation in Trumai.
		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.
Format:		audio/x-wav
		application/pdf
Identifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0022-3B13-6
		Documentation of Trumai
Publisher:		Raquel Guirardello-Damian
		Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Subject:		Discourse
		Narrative
		Myth
		Trumai language
Subject (ISO639):		tpy
Type:		audio
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_00-0000-0000-0022-3B13-6
DateStamp:		2017-02-14
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Search Info
Citation:		Speaker1. 1989-08-04. Raquel Guirardello-Damian.
Terms:		area_Americas country_BR iso639_tpy
Inferred Metadata
Country:		Brazil
Area:		Americas