Teaching string figures 0327-20140925 - Teaching string figures Documentation of Ecuadorian Secoya

In this 16 minutes video we see Carmen Piaguaje in a school class at Abya Yala, a boarding school for indigenous students of the Sucumbíos province situated in San Vincente (between Lago Agrio and the Colombian border). She is teaching a string figure game, students are trying to copy the figures and get help from the teacher and fellow students. The class is attended by Secoya and three Siona students, the latter do hardly join the activities. Language_Name: Secoya Language_Region: South America Language_Country: Peru & Ecuador Project_Status: Complete Year: 2012 Start_Date: 2012-09-01 End_Date: 2014-02-28 Title Teaching string figures This is the sound extracted from the video file (for ELAN). This is an annotation of the video recording. The transcription and first Spanish translation was done by Lusdari Payaguaje with Anne, and by Carmen, partially revised by Anne.