The Bullroarer Atlas

No. RIBEIRO2016-001

Santo Antônio da Alegria São Paulo berra-boi

Brazil · Santo Antônio da Alegria · São Paulo · South America

Sacred / spirit

Maxakalí bullroarer from Minas Gerais: a pale wooden blade with cord and a wrapped handle beneath.
Plate I. Representative — not this record’s object. A Maxakalí bullroarer from Brazil. CC0 · Image source

berra-boi

berra-boi = local name in the Terno Irmãos Paiva account

The Terno Irmãos Paiva used the berra-boi in its Canto pras Almas at Santo Antônio da Alegria. The small bamboo instrument belonged to an ensemble that also used a wooden corrupio at the rite’s opening and close.

um pedaço pequeno de bambu amarrado a um barbante com um pequeno orifício na ponta

a small piece of bamboo tied to a cord, with a small hole at the end

Priscila Ribeiro, O Canto pras Almas do Terno Irmãos Paiva de Santo Antônio da Alegria-SP (2016), p. 395

Particulars

Object
Small bamboo piece tied to a cord, with a small hole at the end.

Source

Priscila Ribeiro, O Canto pras Almas do Terno Irmãos Paiva de Santo Antônio da Alegria-SP (2016), p. 395

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Part of The Bullroarer Atlas, companion to The Eve Theory of Consciousness.