Wauja

The Wauja , alternatively Waura , are an indigenous population group that lives in the central Brazilian region of the upper reaches of the Alto Xingu in the Brazilian part of the Amazon basin , in the Parque Indigena do Xingu , in the Mato Grosso .

The language of the Waura is one of the Arawak languages . The representation of the name with r or j is based on the fact that it is a palatal half-vowel. The spelling Waura is mainly found in older literature, linguists prefer the spelling with accented characters as Waujá or Waurá , the spelling of the ethnic group in Brazilian is also Uaurás .

literature

• Acácio Piedade: Flutes, Songs and Dreams: Cycles of Creation and Musical Performance among the Wauja of the Upper Xingu (Brazil) (2013) . In: Ethnomusicology Forum . tape 22 , no. 3 , p. 306-322 ( academia.edu ).

Web links

Commons : Wauja  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aristóteles Barcelos Neto: Waujá on the Instituto Socioambiental website , as of 2018