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Title:Speech for a wedding
RG03Casamento
Organization of a Text Collection in Trumai, Aiming at its Scientific Documentation
Contributor:Speaker17
Raquel
Speaker12
Coverage:Brazil
Date:2003-09-10
Description:ENGLISH: A Trumai woman performs the ritual speech that used to be made when people got married in old times. After the speech, her son explains in Portuguese how Trumai individuals used to get married in old times. -----PORTUGUÊS: Uma mulher Trumai faz a fala ritual que costumava ser feita quando as pessoas se casavam no passado. Depois da fala, seu filho explica em Português como as pessoas Trumai se casavam em tempos antigos.
The purpose of the project is to document Trumai, a genetically isolate language spoken in Brazil. The archive consists of a collection of texts in the language, plus other kinds of materials relative to the Trumai culture, such as photos, drawings, songs, educational materials, etc.
A Trumai woman performs a ritual speech. After that, her son explains in Portuguese what the woman just said.
One speaker talks in Trumai. The next speaker talks in Portuguese.
A Trumai woman (Speaker12) performs a ritual speech. After that, her son (Speaker17) explains in Portuguese the content of the speech.
Speaker17 speaks Trumai and Portuguese. Portuguese is his main language. He can understand Trumai very well, but sometimes has difficulties in speaking it. His mother is Trumai, his late father was Kayabi. Speaker17 is the teacher of the Boa Esperança village, and it is considered one of the best teachers of the Xingu reserve. He is very interested in the work of documenting the Trumai language and culture.
Raquel is a Brazilian linguist. She has been working with the Trumai people since 1989. She has a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Rice University (Houston, Texas, U.S.A).
Speaker12 is a native speaker of Trumai. Both her parents were Trumai. She and her brother are the last descendents of the Awaldat group, a Trumai subdivision that used to speak a different dialect of the language. However, this dialect seems to have disappeared (Speaker12's way of speaking is similar to the way of speaking of the other Trumai individuals). Her late husband was Kayabi. She lives with her son and daughter-in-law and has several grandchildren. She is middle-aged (50 or more).
This section is composed by two fragments: * Fragment 1: Start Point: 00:01:31:018 End Point: 00:05:26:110 * Fragment 2: Start Point: 00:06:02:513 End Point: 00:06:19:020
Format:audio/x-wav
MD
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0008-3BF0-8
Documentation of Trumai
Publisher:Raquel Guirardello-Damian
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Subject:Ritual texts; Religious texts
Ritual speech
Trumai traditions
Portuguese language
Trumai language
Trumaí
Subject (ISO639):por
tpy
Type:audio

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Citation: Speaker17; Raquel; Speaker12. 2003-09-10. Raquel Guirardello-Damian.
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Country: BrazilPortugal
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