Smallpox exterminated our elders
La viruela acabó con los viejos
Object Details
| Subject Language | Wounmeu |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119523 |
| Title [Indigenous] | Bëndapau maach jöoin hötarr |
| Language of Indigenous Title | noa |
| Title | Smallpox exterminated our elders |
| Language Community | Dösigpien, Colombia |
| Country(ies) | Colombia |
| Place Created | El río Sigrisúa, Departamento de Chocó, Colombia |
| Date Created | 1964-07-10 |
| Description [Indigenous] | Ma maach jöoin hajim haajem, jöo maach jöoin dok’ẽu, dök’ẽupien hajim haajem. Eramo jãg mʌg k’ẽu jãg hichhappäi sĩejẽ. Bueno mam nʌʌ hawia mak’ʌʌn waa bëndap bëewia maach jöoin höp’öbaadëjim hanaabma mag maach jöoin höhp’öbaad bëndapʌu. Magbaa chaain dairdam dau numpäpäi hemk’ooin chaain dam t’ʌbajierram haajem. |
| Language of Indigenous Description | noa |
| Description | These ancestors lived in the headwaters of the river for a long time, but one day the smallpox came and exterminated all of the elders. Only two young boys were left. Note: Perry announces the narrator. Recorded between 07/10/-- and 07/13/--between 1964 & 1966. |
| Genres | Narrative |
| Source Note | T39S1, Cuento 3 |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Kennedy, Elizabeth (Researcher) Chamarra, Raúl (Speaker) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |
Media Files
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| NOA003R227I001.mp3 | audio/mp3 | 4 |
| NOA003R227I001.wav | 4 |
