audio:12010; APSdigrec_5407; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 13
Description
"This is a social dance song performed in January before the Bean Ceremony (powamuya).
"Translation of buffalo dance song: 'through the watermelon patch comes rain / they make melons grow / comes rain through the corn / let the water sine after it falls' (this is said to the clouds)"
audio:11359; APSdigrec_5348; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 18
Description
"The grandson of the informant, Roy Albert, provides some commentary in English; the informant is monolingual. This is followed by comments by the informant in Hopi with some additional remarks by Albert."
audio:11381; APSdigrec_5349; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 19
Description
"A didactic song, usually dealing with prognostication of future events for the Hopi. It also may contain critical comments about the way in which the Hopi live in adherence with the expected and valued customs.
"The words of the song are archaic; Albert asks the informant for an explanation of the text and Talawepi then provides commentary interpolating his explanation with singing, taken from the original song."
