%0 Journal Article
%T Aspects of Paiter Suru¨ª oral art
%A Pucci
%A Magda Dourado
%J Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology
%D 2011
%I Associa??o Brasileira de Antropologia
%R 10.1590/S1809-43412011000100015
%X this text introduces a brief explanation about the intricate relation between music and narrative, speech and chant, voice and myth, which together are part of the poetical art of the paiter suru¨ª, an indigenous people from rond£¿nia (amazonia). part of the cultural heritage of the paiter suru¨ª people can be found at the arampi£¿ archive that has recordings collected by anthropologist betty mindlin, who has been working with the paiter for more than twenty years. these documents are like ¡°oral-books¡± of stories of paiter suru¨ª life from the past and present. the musicality comes from the tupi-mond¨¦ language that is rich in onomatopoeias and ideophones, and has exclamations with verbal functions that imitate animals of the forest. the suru¨ª music shows us that myth is composed not only of fabulous stories, but also by reality. both are presented through archaic words and metaphorical meanings.
%K paiter suru¨ª
%K rond£¿nia
%K ethnomusicology
%K indigenous oral tradition.
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