dc.contributor.author
Lewy, Matthias
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T04:10:21Z
dc.date.available
2012-12-17
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/16721
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-20902
dc.description.abstract
With the help of two examples the system of appropriation in Pemón music will
be discussed. The process is characterized by the transformation of the
outside music and its function to “influence” the sound structure as well as
the cosmology of an Amerindian group, located in Gran Sabana between
Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana. First a song will be analyzed which has its
origin in influences of Anglican missionaries. It was recorded with the title
“Areruya” by a German anthropologist named Theodor Koch-Grünberg in 1911
among the Taurepán (Pemón). Actually, the songs of “Areruya” and also
“Cho'chiman” formed the rituals of Orekotón. They reflect the identity of a
large number of people belonging to these this Amerindian group. A second
example illustrates the theme of aguinaldo pemón, emphasizing similarities of
recent appropriation and transformation of Venezuelan aguinaldos into
aguinaldos pemón. The process has its motif in Pemón cosmology which is
charac- terized by the interaction between humans and non-humans. This point
of view is instrumental in understanding why an appropriation of the
intruders' music (non-Pemón) is necessary to contact the spiritual agencies
of the others to strengthen their own spiritual force.
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http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject.ddc
700 Künste und Unterhaltung::780 Musik::781 Allgemeine Prinzipien, musikalische Formen
dc.title
The Rituals of Orekotón and the Aguinaldos Pemón – the System of
Appropriation in Pemón Music (Gran Sabana/Venezuela)
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dc.contributor.institution
Freie Universität Berlin
refubium.affiliation
Lateinamerika-Institut (LAI)
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FUDOCS_document_000000015680
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no
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FUDOCS_derivate_000000002249
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access