ANT363H5 Lecture Notes - Kabbalah, Spidermonkey, Religious Text
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Reading 1 // brown (1984) the role of words in aguaruna hunting. They live in upper peru, in the highlands. They are a tribe involved in low intensity village type warfare: what is the myth of the tsewa? the myth is about the ancestral spider monkey it talks about how humans brought hunting magic to life. The human was not grateful of the fact that the spider-monkey gave human its ability to hunt. The anen refers to a category of music, a powerful song that initiates songs and change among the aguaruna. These songs often contain powerful words, mythical illusions, they borrow from other neighboring languages and these songs are generational songs that are passed down. For the aguaruna, some songs have sexual implications within. Some songs have social-sexual implications for women. Hunting songs have a strong sexual implication within them as them. especially. well. Lyrics themselves within some songs exert the usage of things like tobacco.
