Amerindian Life And Folklore Guyana South America

Author : Harry Persaud
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781717584199
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amerindian Life and Folklore (Guyana, South America) written by Harry Persaud and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book author Harry McD Persaud shares the legends and folklore of Native Guyanese. His picturesque and accurate description of the lifestyle, culture and taboos of of the Amerindians of Guyana is so compelling that I would not be surprised if the reader is encouraged to visit them in their natural habitat. This book is rather unique in that, perhaps for the first time, a non-native and an Indo-Guyanese has been privileged to be the repository of these legends, which, in essence, may very well be the highlights of the oral tradition of story telling by the Amerindians of Guyana. The author lived among these beautiful people for many years and earned their trust as an educator and they voluntarily entrusted their prized lore to his memory. The author, with this book, is ensuring the preservation of the vivid folklore and legends of a vibrant culture and is bringing it to the readers of the "civilized" world. He does, however, challenges our accepted notions of "civilization" and poses the question as to who is truly "civilized." There is no doubt in my mind that many readers my be encouraged, after reading this book, to travel to Guyana, South America, to witness first-hand the eco-friendly lifestyle of these Natives of Guyana. And I am further sure that, having visited, and perhaps having lived among them, many visitors will classify their experiences as memorable, enjoyable, and shall be ready to repeat it again and again. With the continuous march of "development" in Guyana and other countries of South America, it is not too difficult visualize that, at some point in time, these Natives' way of life and culture will be hard to come by. But this book (and a few others) will serve to record and perhaps preserve in written format these cultures that have now existed for hundreds of years.

Author : Odeen Ishmael
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465356703
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guyana Legends written by Odeen Ishmael and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guyana Legends—Folk Tales of the Indigenous Amerindians By Odeen Ishmael G uyana Legends—Folk Tales of the Indigenous Amerindians is a collection of fifty folk tales of the first people to inhabit Guyana and the contiguous regions of the north coast of the South American continent. Very little is known of Amerindian history in Guyana before the arrival of European settlers in the early seventeenth century and, actually, no written form of their languages existed until about seventy years ago. Indeed, much of the history of the Amerindians people is based on oral traditions which are not quite clear because the periods when important events occurred are difficult to place. Still, native oral traditions are very rich in folk stories of the ancestral heroes and heroines of these indigenous people. Some of these folk stories have varying versions among the nine different language groups—or tribes— that comprise the Amerindian population of Guyana. Such a difference is illustrated in this book which presents two different tales of how fire was acquired and various versions of the legend of two immortal folk heroes, the bothers Makonaima and Pia. This present collection of Amerindian legends was compiled over a lengthy period of many years during which I listened to and collected versions of these tales from elderly Amerindians in various regions of Guyana, and more recently from Amerindian residents of the Delta Amacuro region of Venezuela, on the frontier with Guyana. Significantly, most of these legends were also summarised since the late nineteenth century by a succession of writers, including Everard F. im Thurn, W.H. Brett, Walter Roth and Leonard Lambert. But it is significant to note that those versions—by no means original—which were related by those writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries have undergone some changes with the passing years, and new characters have been added to them. Since Amerindians of the North West District of Guyana are ethnologically and culturally related to those in the eastern regions of Venezuela, particularly the Delta Amacuro region, it is noteworthy that the myths and legends of those Venezuelan Amerindians bear close similarities to those of their Guyanese counterparts. Interestingly, the Guajiro people—Amerindians of Arawak background living in north-west Venezuela near to Lake Maracaibo—also have some folk-tales that closely resemble those of their “relatives” living in the North-West District of Guyana and the Delta Amacuro region of Venezuela. For further information, the writings of Venezuelan researchers, Cesaréo de Armellada, Maria Manuela de Cora and Michel Perrin are recommended. It is essential to note too that an important character in Amerindian legend is “Tiger”. While there are a number of tigers in the stories—and generally they are all villains—these animals, however, are not part of the fauna in Guyana or the entire American continent. What is generally referred to as a “tiger” is the large spotted jaguar. And the “black tiger”, mentioned in one of the stories in this book, is the large South American puma. Twenty of the folk tales included in this collection appear in my earlier book, Amerindian Legends of Guyana, published in 1995. However, they have now been revised and, in some cases, retitled. Among the thirty other stories are those of two clever tricksters in Amerindian folklore, the lazy but sly Konehu and the wily rabbit, Koneso. Readers will find these legends of the original inhabitants of Guyana informative in the anthropological sense, in addition to being interesting and entertaining at the same time.

Author : Lal Balkaran
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : LBA Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of the Guyanese Amerindians written by Lal Balkaran and published by Scarborough, Ont. : LBA Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Walter Edmund Roth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781907493249
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Inquiry Into the Animism and Folk-lore of the Guiana Indians written by Walter Edmund Roth and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Kirby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780946140244
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ewto' written by Richard Kirby and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roly Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781447763611
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flight of the Morpho written by Roly Gordon and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-23 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1925, Guyana, South America, a land full of undiscovered mysteries, Samuel Jordan a prosperous sporting hero accidentally crushes a Morpho Butterfly. Ancient Amerindian folklore says that killing the Morpho Butterfly invokes a curse. A curse, which will eventually cripple the mind and destroy the soul. Then life for Samuel and his family has to change forever... But how can a beautiful, shy, gossamer creature cause so much pain and destruction in the lives of so many? Or, is the curse simply a metamorphosis of unfortunate life events, which challenges the very soul of the Jordan family in a corrupt, secretive and dangerous society...

Author : Helena Martin
Publisher : BalboaPress
ISBN 13 : 1452503109
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walk Wit’ Me... written by Helena Martin and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My memoir is laced with nostalgia and at the same time it is my sincere intention to portray the true essence of the Guyanese culture without offence. Keep in mind that this is not based on the experience of every Guyanese. This was the way I saw and experienced things back then. The use of colloquialism is of utmost importance; it is the vernacular we understand. It may sound like another language so unless you were born and bred in Guyana you will need to refer to the glossary provided. Folklore and mothers preaching life lessons through proverbs played a large part in Guyanese life. This is not only an account of the first twenty-one years of my life in Guyana; it also contains anecdotes of visits back to my homeland. You will also find a sprinkling of information pertaining to my new life in Australia. Before immigrating to Australia I believed the sun only rose and set in Guyana; I never imagined another paradise existed on the planet. There is a saying that most Guyanese use to identify their roots after they have voluntarily immigrated or simply fled to another country. When we say, My navel string is buried in Guyana, we simply mean: My roots are there. Its a place where true and enduring friendships were formed forever. We will meet one another decades later and feel as if it was yesterday, reminiscing about our beloved land; lapsing into the language only a fellow Guyanese can understand. A famous Australian crooner said I still call Australia home, and I can assure you that saying applies to Guyanese who have immigrated to every corner of the globe. Navigating the labyrinth of family secrets was my one mission in life; I just had to know.

Author : Lal Balkaran
Publisher : Lba Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopaedia of the Guyanese Amerindians written by Lal Balkaran and published by Lba Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Benson Latin American Collection
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book G.K. Hall Bibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies written by Benson Latin American Collection and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Jordan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781087273136
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kamarang written by Michael Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A supernatural terror reaches out from the jungles of Kamarang, Guyana, South America to the bright lights of its capital city; stalking the innocent as it seeks to fulfill an ancient curse...