Iskonawa Oral Tradition Book

The Iskonawa Oral Tradition book is a selection of songs and traditional narratives that show the great knowledge of the Iskonawa people. This book has a physical version delivered to the Iskonawa community and a PDF version available to download here.

While reading the book, you might listen to the audios or watch the videos available in the collection.

Use this interactive index to navigate the book:

Songs

Songs for group drinking Pag 37
Drinking song (oma) Pag 47
Song of the hill (machi) Pag 50
Song of the hualo toad (choran) Pag 53
Song of the coto monkey (ro) Pag 55
Song of the monkeys (shino, iso, ro…) Pag 57

Traditional Narratives

The boa kene iro Pag 61
When the Iskonawa woman learned to give birth Pag 71
The Iskonawas stayed on the earth Pag 79
Why are we iskonawas Pag 85
The ohne bakebo people, the children of the moon Pag 98
Pani machá, the great sloth Pag 104
The paucar of the peanut tree Pag 112
The Iskonawas get the edible roots Pag 140