Song of the shaman to cure a little girl
Canto del soplador para curar á una muchachita
Object Details
| Subject Language | Curripaco |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119621 |
| Title [Indigenous] | Kuwaikanarri |
| Language of Indigenous Title | kpc |
| Title | Song of the shaman to cure a little girl |
| Language Community | |
| Country(ies) | Venezuela |
| Place Created | Gavilán, Río Guainia |
| Date Created | 1981-07-29 |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | Counter-witchcraft song. Visitors' house. Hernando Camico is the soplador; Hermilio Camico is the chupador. voice. Voice of another witch also audible. 2. Second chant of the blower. Blowing yucuta. 3. Third chant of the soplador. Blowing yucuta. Walking to the back of the house, where the chupador is working. 4. Chupador working (vomiting, playing maraca.) behind the house. See 1992 chapter by Jonathan Hill, "A Musical Aesthetic of Ritual Curing in the Northwest Amazon." IN Portals of Power, E. Jean Langdon, ed. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, pp. 175-210. |
| Genres | Song Ceremony |
| Source Note | 4.A.1; ATM 1820; ATL 18976 |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Hill, Jonathan (Researcher) Camico, Hernando (Actor, performer) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |
Media Files
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| KPC001R014I001.mp3 | audio/mp3 | 1 |
| KPC001R014I001.wav | 1 | |
| KPC001R014I002.mp3 | audio/mp3 | 1 |
| KPC001R014I002.wav | 1 | |
| KPC001R014I003.mp3 | audio/mp3 | 1 |
| KPC001R014I003.wav | 1 | |
| KPC001R014I004.mp3 | audio/mp3 | 1 |
| KPC001R014I004.wav | 1 |
