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    612-822-4611

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Stories, Myths, Chants, and Songs of the Kuna Indians

Stories, Myths, Chants, and Songs of the Kuna Indians

Sherzer, Joel
de Akwanusadup, Olokwagdi

Paperback

Series: Llilas Translations from Latin America

AnthropologyMythology & FolkloreGeneral Latin American History

ISBN10: 029270237X
ISBN13: 9780292702370
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: Feb 1 2004
Pages: 260
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.98 Depth: 8.94
Language: English

The Kuna Indians of Panama, probably best known for molas, their colorful appliqué blouses, also have a rich literary tradition of oral stories and performances. One of the largest indigenous groups in the South American tropics, the majority of them (about 70,000) reside in Kuna Yala, a string of island and mainland villages stretching along the Caribbean coast. It is here that Joel Sherzer lived among them, photographing and recording their verbal performances, which he feels are representative of the beauty, complexity, and diversity of the oral literary traditions of the indigenous peoples of Latin America.

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