Motif
Complaint or grievance expressed through song
complaint_or_grievance_expressed_through_song
A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
amazonian
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The North-West Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes CHAPTER XII / CHAPTER XIII / CHAPTER XIV / CHAPTER XV; lines 237-256 confidence: medium
Chapter XV lists topics concerning Indian dances, songs, preparations, the Chief’s invitation, assemblies, dance steps, reasons and special dances, dance staves, dancer arrangement, grievance and complaint songs, tribal black list, manioc-gathering dance and song, Muenane Riddle Dance, riddles, mimicry, intoxication, a favourite dance, cannibal dance, and the fascination of the Amazon.
The chapter heading lists a method of airing a grievance and a plaintiff’s song of complaint.
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