Porangaba São Paulo vumvum berra-boi

vumvum / berra-boi

Source term: vumvum (also called berra-boi)

vumvum = Porangaba name for the cord-whirled berra-boi

Across Porangaba’s rural bairros, Recomenda das Almas routes passed through Florentino, Ferreira, Mariano, Bueno, and Carrascal. The groups used a sound-maker called the vumvum, also known as berra-boi, spinning a piece of wood rapidly on a cord to produce a strong hum.

vumvum (conhecido também como berra-boi, um cordão com pedaço de madeira na ponta e que girado, rapidamente, provocava forte zumbido)

vumvum (also known as berra-boi, a cord with a piece of wood at the end which, when rapidly spun, produced a strong hum)

A historia de Porangaba, p. 69

Particulars

Object

Cord with a piece of wood at its end, spun rapidly to produce a strong hum.

Function

Rural Recomenda das Almas route through named Porangaba bairros.