Selk'nam (Ona) Chants of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Selk'nam (Ona) Chants of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

produced by Anne MacKaye Chapman (Folkways Records, 1972), 1 hour 43 mins

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Field of Interest
World Music
Description
"These records comprise 47 chants sung by the last true Indian of the Selk’nam (Ona) group, Lola Kiepja. The Selk’nam had no musical instruments. These chants are sung without any sort of accompaniment. The Selk’nam were the former inhabitants of the largest island of Tierra del Fuego which is located just south of the Straits of Magellan. When these recordings were taped in 1966, Lola was the only one of ten surviving people of Indian descent who was still a Selk’nam. She was the eldest of the ten..."

Anne Chapman


"Esta grabación recoge 47 cantos interpretados por el último miembro verdadero del grupo Selk’nam, Lola Kiepja. Los Selk’nam no poseían instrumentos musicales, por eso estos cantos no tienen ninguna clase de acompañamiento. Los Selk’nam eran los habitantes originales de la isla más extensa de la Tierra del Fuego, localizada un poco al sur del Estrecho de Magallanes. Cuando estas grabaciones fueron recogidas en 1966, Lola era la única entre diez sobrevivientes de sangre indígena que todavía era una Selk’nam. Ella era la más anciana de todas..."

Anne Chapman


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Content Type
Music recording
Duration
1 hour 43 mins
Format
Audio
Sub Genre
Song, Chant, American Indian
Label
Folkways Records
Producer
Anne MacKaye Chapman
Release Date
1972
Subject
World Music, Music & Performing Arts, South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe, Argentina
Keywords and Translated Subjects
América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe

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