Music of the Coastal Amerindians of Guyana: The Arawak, Carib and Warrau

"This recording presents songs of the Warrau, the Carib, and the Arawak Amerindian tribes of Guyana, South America. These families of Amerindian peoples are spread along the rivers and waterways of the Northeast coast of South America, south of the Orinoco and north of the Amazon, but this recording was made entirely within Guyana, where all the three families are well represented..."

David Blair Stiffler


"Esta grabación presenta canciones de las tribus amerindias Warrau, los Caribes y los Arawak de Guyana, América del Sur. Estas familias amerindias están diseminadas por los ríos y canales de la costa norte de Sur América, al sur del Orinoco y al norte del Amazonas, pero esta grabación fue realizada enteramente en la Guyana, donde la población de todas las tres familias está bien representada..."

David Blair Stiffler

Track Listing

101	Ae cho ko noye oh	Joseph and Rosa Miguel	02:18
102	Wichi a taniro	Rosa Miguel and Claudia Coteman	01:44
103	Tengama Tengra	Claudia Coteman	00:27
104	Budgi ba nae (A Young Boy)	Philomena Williams and William Smith	02:27
105	Tam pysiambo	Unidentified Carib woman, unaccompanied	01:18
106	Haido ko ko (Here Is a Drink)	Philomena Williams and Claudia Coteman	02:37
107	Alawata	Philomena Williams and Claudia Coteman	00:56
108	Tareng	Joseph Miguel	05:15
109	Biki duamasay	Harry Peneux	01:44
110	Corina	Unidentified Arawak man, unaccompanied	01:30
111	Kurimayo	Carl Peneux, Clyde Copin, and Donald Herman	01:06
112	Wacoqua wa gi le	Joe Hendricks	01:29
201	Round Dance	Charles George and Charles Lowe	01:58
202	Baboon Dance	Charles George and Charles Lowe	01:18
203	La sapa	Charles George and Charles Lowe	01:41
204	Mickero tiga (Black Girl)	Rudolph Williams	01:06
205	Hekunu myshana ky (Fire Falls Down on Me)	Carl Abrams	01:11
206	Una na kysa (Rabbit Song)	Unidentified Warao man at Orealla, unaccompanied	01:01
207	Ina boya baki tani	Unidentified Warao man at Orealla, with banjo accompaniment	01:14
208	Sapada (Fornicate)	Unidentified Warao man at Orealla, unaccompanied	00:59
209	Tonaha	Unidentified Warao man at Orealla, unaccompanied	01:28
210	Fugi Isa (I Alone Am a Monkey Baby)	Genevieve Quailo	01:35
211	Tiga tiga	Nathan France	00:59
212	Ibi kosi yesi (My Pet Armadillo)	Nathan France	01:29
213	Harmonica	Nathan France	02:22
214	Goodbye, My Friend	Nathan France	00:57
215	Guyana kahota tye (Guyana Is Our Land)	Carl Abrams	02:30