Abstract:
The yãmĩy chants, constantly actualized by maxakali speaking indigenous groups, correspond to a myriad of extraordinary beings, which are related to a mythic sphere. Fixed, perennial, and showing little space for improvisation, the yãmĩy chants are marked by both a disposition to dissolution and a constant revision of form as the analytical angle expands. The flux that follows a densely quotational tapestry, with local and constantly re-signified polarizations, transforms the sequences of diachronic objects into true pulse zones, designed over a continuous background, in the mode of "internal differences" or "intensive superpositions of heterogeneous states" (VIVEIROS DE CASTRO, 200623 ______ (2006). "A floresta de cristal: notas sobre a ontologia dos espíritos amazônicos". Cadernos de Campo (USP). v.14-15, p.319-338.).
Keywords:
Amerindian music; yãmĩymaxakali/tikmũ'ũn chants; dynamism of musical objects
