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Bawis ñũshĩwu/Alma de hormiga sitaraco/The Sitaraco Ant Spirit

  • Item identifier: 2018-33.044
  • Date: 24 May 2015
  • Contributors: Teresa Ramírez Saldaña (consultant); Kelsey Neely (researcher, donor)
  • Language: Yaminawa (yaa)
  • Place: Sepahua, Sepahua, Atalaya, Ucayali, Peru
  • Description: One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. Teresa Ramírez Saldaña narrates the story of Bawis ñũshĩwu, the sitaraco ant (Eciton spp.) spirit. In this story, two ant men fight over an ant woman. When one of the ant men beats the ant woman, all of the other ant women come to defend her. Ultimately one of the ant men kills the other. This traditional narrative was volunteered by the speaker and performed extemporaneously.
  • Availability: Online access
  • Collection: Materials of the Yaminawa Language Documentation Project
  • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
  • Suggested citation: Bawis ñũshĩwu/Alma de hormiga sitaraco/The Sitaraco Ant Spirit, 2018-33.044, in "Materials of the Yaminawa Language Documentation Project", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/26533.

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