Anthology of Brazilian Indian Music: Karajá, Javahé, Kraho, Tukuna, Juruna, Suyá, Trumai Shukarramãe

"About eight hundred Karaja Indians still live on the shores of the Bananal Island, Araguaia River, in Central Brazil. They have been in peaceful contact with our civilization for more than a century but maintain a high level of their old traditions. During the dry season, from May to October, they erect summer-villages of light straw houses on the immense beaches of white, soft and hot sand, performing every afternoon and night their sacred fertility rites, with colorful masks of feather heads and straw skirts..."

Harald Schultz and Vilma Chiara


Por cerca de oitocentos anos os índios de Karajá vivem na orla da Ilha do Bananal, Rio Araguaia, Centro do Brasil. Eles têm mantido um contato pacífico com a civilização ocidental por aproximadamente cem anos, mas continuam preservando grande parte das suas tradições. Durante o período de seca, de maio a outubro, eles constroem casas de verão feitas de palha sobre a imensa areia branca e quente da praia,e praticam todas as tardes e noites seus rituais sagrados de fertilidade, com máscaras coloridas de penas e saias de palha.

Harald Schultz and Vilma Chiara


"Alrededor de ochocientos indios Karaja viven aún en las orillas de la isla Bananal en medio del río Araguaia, en el centro del Brasil. Ellos han mantenido un contacto pacífico con la civilización occidental desde hace aproximadamente cien años, pero a pesar de todo mantienen gran parte de sus antiguas tradiciones. Durante la temporada de sequía, de mayo a octubre, ellos erigen aldeas de verano compuestas por ligeras casas de paja sobre las inmensas playas de arena blanca y suave, llevando a cabo por las tardes sus sagrados ritos de fertilidad con sus máscaras emplumadas coloridas y sus faldones de paja..."

Harald Schultz y Vilma Chiara

Track Listing

101	Karajá: solo song, man	Male solo singer	01:03
102	Javahé: Sacred-mask-dance, songs, 'Aruana,' Two masks dancing	Two masked dancers	02:27
103	Krahó: Women-and-Men's choir, conducted by traditional choir-leader	Women and men's choir	06:51
104	Krahó: solo song, man	Male solo singer	05:48
105	Tukuna: Boys and Girls Choir	Boys and girl choir	01:29
106	Tukuna: Boys and Girls Choir	Boys and girl choir	01:16
201	Juruna: Women and Men's Choir, Reversal Singing	Women and men's choir	02:41
202	Juruna: Women and Men's Choir, Reversal Singing	women and men's choir	02:45
203	Suyá: Men's Choir	Men's choir	05:45
204	Suyá: Women's Choir	Women's choir	02:01
205	Trumai: Duet	Duet	02:35
206	Shukarramãe: Solo song, man	Male solo singer	00:40
207	Shukarramãe: Solo song, man (Juparana)	Solo	01:06
208	Javahe: Lullaby-Song, Mother and Child	Mother and child	02:01