An Illustrated Dictionary in Rama
Un Diccionario Ilustrado en Rama
Object Details
| Subject Language | Rama |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119554 |
| Title [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Title | |
| Title | An Illustrated Dictionary in Rama |
| Language Community | |
| Country(ies) | United States |
| Place Created | Eugene, Oregon |
| Date Created | 1992-10 |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | This dictionary comes in 6 parts, with the following titles:
I101 - A Book of Animals I201 - More Animals I301 - Uut Skainbang: Let's Make a Dory I401 - Nuunik An Tukan: The Sun and the Moon I501 - Sii Aatsi: It Is Raining I601 - Pulkat Dut: The Winds The first volume of The Illustrated Dictionary in Rama contains drawings of some well-known animals taken from _A Spanish-English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna_ by Louise C. Schoenhals (1988). Under each drawing there is a sentence in Rama with its English and Spanish translation. Volume Three (I003) of The Illustrated Dictionary of Rama contains a step-by-step guide to one of Rama's traditional skills. The process is fully illustrated and clear instructions are given in Rama with translations in English and Spanish. Drawings by Raul McCrea. Volume Four (I004) of the Illustrated Dictionary in Rama teaches about the phases of the sun and moon and how the sun and moon affected the Rama people. Volume Five (I005) of the Illustrated Dictionary in Rama describes the rains and what happens to people and animals when it rains. Project supported by CIDCA, FADCANIC, NSF, Witness for Peace, Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and student volunteers from the University of Oregon. Volume 1: IDCA-RLP Autonomy Collection, 1992. Volume 2: CIDCA-RLP Autonomy Collection, 1992. Volumes 3-5: CIDCA-RLP Autonomy Collection, 1994. Volume 6: CIDCA-RLP Autonomy Collection, 1994. |
| Genres | Educational material |
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| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Walter, Nora Cristina (Author) Grinevald, Colette (Author) McCrea, Raul (Illustrator) Tibbitts, Bonny (Author) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role | Centro de Investigación y Documentación de la Costa Atlántica (Publisher) |
