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Mehinaku- Iha ha ku ha ha
By Mehinaku People, Kamalurre Mehinaku and Marlui Miranda



The Iha ha chant is a fragment of Tenejukumalo festival, a chant of women
Iha ha means to sing , to follow this, a story fragment told by Marlui:

lyrics

Kaukatãi…
punupakala kalu˜taipirí
pührukalá numá nupirí
nutukaka
pahrü ünapã aunaki˜
mawaka ia Kuluene
punu ia nin nin kaikai
Kamü, Awüxüpai!

YY´katu Xingu!


Sacred flute…
Look at the star, appearing in the sky she is
So tell the story I will,
Far, really far your mother goes to Kuluene river

Your mother, your baby brother and a little parrot…
See the sun, happiness!

Beautiful water, Xingu River!

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from Neuneneu (Fragments of Indigenous Brazil), released December 16, 2015
Voice and kulutaí: Marlui Miranda

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Ravi Glastonbury, UK

Ravi's music is the result of a lifetime exploring the edges of music through songwriting, world music and a journey that has taken him from India to the indigenous musical and spiritual culture of The Amazon. Ravi plays open tuned guitar, is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and also one of the longest established European players of the kora (West African harp). ... more

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