Amõa yanomami: reflexões sobre a função e as transformações das amõa (músicas) na vida do xapono Balaio do Rio Marauiá/AM

Abstract

This dissertation was born from my listening, my singing, and my learning journey inside the xapono Balaio, on the Marauiá River. First, I tell my own story of listening, showing how I learned the amõa (songs) from the elders. Then, I explain how we classify Yanomami songs. I present how our songs are changing, because many young people today no longer sing due to contact with the napë (non-Indigenous people). In the final part, I present the amõa of a reahu we held in Balaio, with a sequence of seven amõa. This work also includes interviews with our relatives, recordings of the amõa, photographs, and a short video