Suriname folk-lore (1936)

Suriname folk-lore

(1936)–Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits– rechtenstatus

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Table of phonetic symbols

Table of illustrations.

List of figures in the text

Part I Notes on the culture of the Paramaribo Negroes 1. General Considerations

2. The Koto-Missi

4. Marriage and Divorce

5. LÉ”bi sÉ©Ì¨ngi

6. ‘Mati’ and the ‘Birthday Party’

7. Birth-Customs and the Dangers of Early Childhood

11. Gods and Familiar Spirits

12. Magic, Good and Evil

13. The Spirits of the Dead

Part II Stories, riddles, proverbs and dreams A. Introduction 1. data and informants

3. Linguistic Notes

4. Notes on Proverbs

5. Notes on Riddles

6. The Telling of the Tales

8. Arrangement of Bibliographic Notes

B. Tales from Paramaribo 1.

2. AnÄ…nsi wÄ…n bÉ©gi pina tÉ›m.

3. Tyotyoforu nÄ…Å‹ga AnÄ…nsi

5. AnÄ…nsi nÄ…Å‹ga BÉ”fru.

6. Anansi nÄ…Å‹ga KÉ”nkÉ”ni.

8. Tara PoptieÌ¯.

9. Tara PoptieÌ¯.

13. LeiÌ¯ Hati MÉ”ro SÉ”ro.

15. GÉ”Ì¨' DÉ›dÉ›.

16. Tigri nÄ…Å‹ga KÉ”nkÉ”ni.

19. SyÉ›Ì¨nsyÉ›Ì¨n nÄ…Å‹ga AnÄ…nsi.

20. AnÄ…nsi nÄ…Å‹ga Tigri.

28. Kakaforu nÄ…Å‹ga BÉ”tro.

29. AnÄ…nsi nÄ…Å‹ga KaiÌ¯mÄ…n.

33. AnÄ…nsi nÄ…Å‹ga Dagu.

36. AnÄ…nsi nÄ…Å‹ga Didibri.

37. AnÄ…nsi nÄ…Å‹ga Tigri.

38. KÉ›skÉ›si nÄ…Å‹ga Tigri.

39. AnÄ…nsi go pre fÅ� Datra.

47. Tata KÉ”Ì¨Å‹godifa.

51. Ma Akuba fredÉ› fÅ� Amer'kÄ….

52. Ba AnÄ…nsi wÉ©ni DÉ”m'ni.

60. DÉ›dÉ› nÄ…Å‹ga AnÄ…nsi.

70. AnÄ…nsi nÄ…Å‹ga Dagu.

75. AnÄ…nsi nÄ…nga Tigri.

76. Todo nÄ…Å‹ga Sneki.

77. PikÄ¯ Puspusi nÄ…nga PikÄ¯ Alata.

79. Dagu nÄ…Å‹ga BabÅ³'.

80. Krabita nÄ…Å‹ga AnÄ…nsi.

81. AnÄ…nsi nÄ…Å‹ga Bobo. -

83. AnÄ…nsi nÄ…Å‹ga SÉ›krepatu.

87. KÉ”nkÉ”ni nÄ…Å‹ga AnÄ…nsi.

88. AnÄ…nsi bÉ›n dÉ› DÉ”m'ri.

90. Puspusi nÄ…Å‹ga KÉ”ki.

91. Tigri nÄ…Å‹ga Kakaforu.

93. Aboma KÉ”nde.

94. Fa du kÉ”Ì¨n da Krabita 'É› tÄ…' na Hoso.

95. Alata, SÉ©neki nÄ…Å‹ga Libisuma.

96. Æ†ndrofeni.

97. Fa KÉ”m Sineki dÉ› NyÄ…m Suma.

98. TÄ…Å‹gi fÅ� bÇ«n, na KÉ”dya.

102. Santa FaiÌ¯ya Mama Kiri Æ�Ì¨Å‹ Pikin.

103. Konum DÉ”mpetro.

110. Tu srÉ›m kak.

115. 'A so du wi ala.

116. Tigri nÄ…Å‹ga KÉ”nkÉ”ni.

118. Den twarfu Raf.

122. WÄ…n leiÌ¯ Papa.

124. MÄ…n Konu nÄ…Å‹ga É›Ì¨Å‹ WeiÌ¯fi.

136. Mat' LuisÉ”Ì¨n (Dibri tÉ”ri).

143. YÉ”rka.

148. LÉ›ba nÄ…Å‹ga YÉ”rka.

C. Riddles LeiÌ¯-TÉ”ri

D. Taki-taki proverbs

E. Proverbs of the Saramacca bush-negroes

Part III Suriname music A. General statement B. Musicological analysis 1. Introductory Remarks:

2. The Music of the Bush-negroes.

3. The Music of the Town Negroes

C. Ethnological evaluation.

D. Musical instruments.

E. Notes on the recording op the songs.

F. Bush-Negro songs 1. Religious Songs. a) Kromanti.

e) Wata-WÉ©nti.

f) G'Ä… obia.

i) Prayer to the earth gods.

2. Ancestral Cult Songs. a) Twin songs.

3. Secular Songs. a) Susa.

b) SÉ›kÉ›ti.

h) Miscellaneous.

G. Town-Negro songs 1. Songs in Stories.

2. Religious Songs a) AnÄ…nsi-tÉ”ri

c) Kromanti obia

d) tap' kromanti

e) Busi kromanti

f) asobu djanti wÉ©nti

g) adyanti wÉ©nti

h) É©Ì¨Å‹gi wÉ©nti

i) Busi É©Ì¨Å‹gi

j) Watra É©Ì¨Å‹gi

k) Abo fÅ� watra

l) Watra wÉ©nti

m) LÅ�ango-wÉ©nti

n) papa wÉ©nti

o) Obia wÉ©nti

p) song to ‘set’ wÉ©nti

r) grÇ«n É©Ì¨Å‹gi kÉ”mfo

s) É©Ì¨Å‹gi kÉ”mfo

u) grÇ«n mama

v) vodÅ³ fo grÉ”Ì¨n

ee) Sofia bada.

3. Secular Songs. a) Kawina.

c) LÉ”bi sÉ©Ì¨Å‹gi.

d) Fisherman's song.

e) Miscellaneous.

H. Songs from Haiti 1. Religious Songs. a) Rongol.

b) Dambala wedo.

e) Marassa (twins).

I. Analyses of tonal structure 1. Suriname Bush.

2. Suriname Town.

Appendices Appendix I. Glossary of Taki-Taki Words Appearing in Introductory Notes

Appendix II. Themes from Music of Other Primitive Folk, Used for Comparative Purposes in Musicological Analysis

Appendix III. Catalogue of Singers of Songs.

Appendix IV. Field-Numbers of Songs Arranged According to Transcription Numbers.

Appendix V. Transcription Numbers of Songs Arranged According to Field-Numbers.

Appendix VI. Population of Suriname by Racial Type and Religious Affilation.