Why Suyá Sing: A Musical Anthropology of an Amazonian People

activities adult animals appear asked associated bathe become begin birds body boys called capes cassette certain changed clear collective corn dance described entire example final fish forest forms gardens genres given groups half human identity important Indian indicate individual instruction invocations involved kind leap and sing learned leave listened lived men's house moiety mother Mouse Ceremony myth name set natural never night origin ornaments painted past performance person phrases pitch plaza present processes questions racing rainy season receiver recording refers relations relationships relatives rise ritual river sang season season songs shout songs side singers single sisters social society sounds speaking speech spirit structure style sung Suyá tape tell things transformation unison songs Upper Xingu usually village women young