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Title:Ceremonia pesh del Wãta
pesh_ndn_frh_t_20160418_01
A cross-varietal documentation and description of Pesh, a Chibchan language of Honduras
Contributor (consultant):Francisco
Contributor (researcher):Claudine
Coverage:Honduras
Date:2016-04-18
Description:Francisco Hernandez recreates the ritual ceremony made by the wãta. This is the traditional ceremony for the Pesh. Francisco Hernandez makes this ritual as it happened before. There are no more wãta but he participated in this ritual when he was young and he is able to recreate the atmosphere and knows the ritual discourses.
The general aim of the MDP0276 project is to document and describe three varieties of Pesh in eight villages, the most northern Chibchan language, and the only one spoken in Honduras. Pesh is classified as an isolate in the Chibchan family; it is the sole language that does not belong to Core Chibchan. Pesh is endangered: it has roughly 500 speakers, of whom 80% are more than 50 years old. Pesh is little described. The project has filled a gap, since no documentation or complete description has been carried out in the past. Various genres have been documented, in particular such endangered speech practices as prayers and ceremonial speech, and narratives related to traditional cooking and medicine. More than 30 hours have been recorded.
He was born in Culmi and arrived in Las Marias in 1990, then he was one of the founder of Nuevo Dulce Nombre. He is living in Nuevo Dulce Nombre. Pesh is his first language. He learnt Spanish in School and Miskito in Las Marias. He speaks Spanish and Pesh with his spouse. He speaks Spanish and Miskito with his children. He speaks Miskito in the village and for working (in Las Marias).
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Format:video/mp4
audio/x-wav
text/x-eaf+xml
application/pdf
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1102221
MDP 0276
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1102221%23
Publisher:Claudine Chamoreau
CNRS
Subject:Ritual/religious texts
Type:Video
Audio

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DateStamp:  2019-03-07
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Citation: Francisco (consultant); Claudine (researcher). 2016-04-18. Claudine Chamoreau.


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