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The Carau
The Myth
Old and sorrowful legend from the Northeast of Argentina, fable about a
young men whose mother suffering a deadly disease sent him to go for
medicament to the village. Her son, an innocent young boy that
within the way to the village, hearing an accordion in the distance and following its thread,
ran into a concurrence (a northeastern folk-country party) where
forgot his medicament mission.
Then got dancing with the prettiest girl of the zone. Later, amidst
dancing, a Carau's comrade hindered him about a notice, telling: "I beg your pardon Carau my friend, my condolences your mother just
died..."
responding: "don't matter my friend mum already died, then I'll
have time to cry..."
Later in the night when the dawn was coming, he asked the lady for
going together to her house, and continued with coldness she
responds: "My house is far away from here, and I won't be visited for
some who don't care his own mother"
Afterwards, saying goodbye, with the heart utterly broke, moving to
home imbibed in tears, the young Carau was transformed into a bird
and tupa (god) condemned him to bear mourning black feathers and
crying forever, just like the bird lament: carau.
The Bird
This Latin American bird known as its chanting name:
Carau-Carao-Limpkin (guarani-castilian-english) the name of the
legend itself, by its scientific name, the Aramus Guarauna is mostly a
solitary creature and got wide extension thorough all guaranitic
area of South America, even achieving North America regions as
Florida.
The Song
This legend, clearly one of the saddest tales of the Argentine
folk, either is so far the unique Argentine fable that was embedded
in a song which was written by Emilio Chamorro, a regional folk writer, and had commonly been sung in "chamame" style; it gathered wide spread through greater northeastern folk singers as Zitto Zegovia and Mario Boffil in their versions of "El Carau".
External links
[*][Aves de tu Zona, Tigre, Nordelta, Argentina] (Castilian)
[*][Auto Lyrics: El Carau de Mario Boffil] (Castilian)
[*][Carau: Aramus guarauna] (Castilian)
[*][C.I.L. Centro de Investigaciones Linguisticas] (Castilian)
[*] [Leyendas y creencias de la Argentina] (Castilian)
[http://www.misaves.com.ar/Especies/p212.htm ] [Mis Aves: Un paseoornitologico por la Argentina] (Castilian)
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