Yaqui deer songs, Maso Bwikam : a native American poetry

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Yaqui deer songs, Maso Bwikam : a native American poetry / Larry Evers and Felipe S. Molina.

Evers, Larry. (Added Author). Molina, Felipe S. (Added Author).

Summary:

Yaqui regard song as a kind of lingua franca of the intelligent universe. It is through song that experience with other living things is made intelligible and accessible to the human community. Deer songs often take the form of dialogues in which the deer and others in the wilderness world speak with one another or with the deer singers themselves. It is in this way, according to one deer singer, that “the wilderness world listens to itself even today.”

In this book authentic ceremonial songs, transcribed in both Yaqui and English, are the center of a fascinating discussion of the Deer Song tradition in Yaqui culture. Yaqui Deer Songs/Maso Bwikam thus enables non-Yaquis to hear these dialogues with the wilderness world for the first time.

Record details

ISBN: 0816509913
ISBN: 9780816509911
ISBN: 0816509956
ISBN: 9780816509959
Physical Description: 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Tucson : Sun Tracks : ©1987.

Content descriptions

General Note:: English and Yaqui.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Yopo nooki / Enchanted talk -- Yeu A weepo / Where it comes out -- Senu tukaria bwikam / One night of songs -- Maso me'ewa / Killing the deer -- Epilogue.
Language Note:: English and Yaqui.