book chapter

Cradle songs of the Warao (Guarao, Guarauno)

Antropológica / Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle2Published In 1957 • Pages: HRAF MS: 9 [Original: 31-38 ]

By: Barral, Basilio María de, Sherwood, Amelia Illescas.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source consists of a selection of several cradle songs from the author's two-volume work entitled 'Canciones de los indios guaraúnos'. The songs consist of both music examples and texts, and are annotated.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Music
Literary texts
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Warao
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
South America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Amazon and Orinoco
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Missionary
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1985
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Orinoco Delta, Venezuela
NotesAdditional notes
Basilio María de Barral
Translation of: Canciones de cuna de los Warrau (Guarao, Guarauno)
The original Spanish text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Amelia I. Sherwood
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
65004908
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Warao Indians