This work proposes a ethnographic approach to the musical universe-in particular the practice of chanting-of the indigenous group usually known as Uitoto (= Huitoto, Witoto), examining the case of one of its subgroups, the Murui from the Caraparana River, Colombian Amazon. This is partial material, but it proves revealing of musical thinking and action within this group. It starts with the provocative question: What is the first lesson for someone who is beginning to learn chants? Or more adequately: Where does the learning of chants begin?
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