The story of Twiren (Olonikikinya)
La historia de Twiren (Olonikikinya)
Object Details
| Subject Language | Kuna, San Blas |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119499 |
| Title [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Title | |
| Title | The story of Twiren (Olonikikinya) |
| Language Community | |
| Country(ies) | Panama |
| Place Created | Kuna Yala and Darien |
| Date Created | 1975-07-26 |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | La historia de Twiren, the story of Twiren or Olonikikinya. Twiren was a culture hero, son of a star-man and a human mother, who helped the ancestors of the Kuna defeat oppressive vampire-people (See Aiban Wagwa 2000:62-72, Howe 1991). A favorite narrative for Kuna today, taken as a charter for resistance and assertion of political autonomy, analyzed by James Howe (1991). |
| Genres | Narrative History Conversation |
| Source Note | reel 3.6 |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Salcedo, Gonzalo (Speaker) Howe, James (Researcher) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |
Media Files
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| CUK003R012I001.mp3 | audio/mp3 | 1 |
| CUK003R012I001.wav | 1 |
