Tukanoan-speaking Barasana of the Vaupés Region, Colombia

Category: Projects funded by the World Oral Literature Project

Six weeks of fieldwork by Dr Stephen Hugh-Jones, with Tukanoan-speaking Barasana and their neighbours of the Rio Pirá-Paraná in the Vaupés region of southeastern Colombia. 17 hours of high-quality recordings of an unusually elaborate tradition of ceremonial chanting.

Field Worker: Dr Stephen Hugh-Jones (King's College, Cambridge). Grant: £4,000. Status: completed in 2008.