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Stalk wrapped about with tanned horsehide. A tune is produced by 

 beating either end with one or two sticks. The pioko, a flutehke in- 

 strument, is made by removing the core from a section of a small 

 branch of roble or coihiie, or any wood that is soft enough to be cored 

 without breaking the wood, and then burning a row of six ventages 

 lengthwise in the wood. Tunes are produced by blowing across the 

 holes. 



The chollol, thimblelike rattles, are carried by the two girls, known 

 as piwichin, in the ijillatun (cf. p. 338). Women formerly wore them 

 attached to their apparel on special occasions, also. 



The tralatrala is a thoroughly dried lower jaw of a horse. The player 

 produces a sound by striking it with his fist. As soon as the sound 

 dies out, he strikes it a second time, again with his fist, but immediately 

 moves his hand slowly upward on it, thereby producing a sound differ- 

 ent from the first. The tralatrala is used to produce social dance music 

 only. Since both the horse and the social dances are of recent origin, 

 the tralatrala is probably of recent origin also. Informants knew no 

 Araucanian name for it. 



Kolupan demonstrated the two traditional dances, the lorjkomeo and 

 the paruntun. He danced the lorjkomeo, a three-step, by taking two 

 short steps with one foot and following it by one step with the other 

 foot. 'T could do better if I could hear trutruka and a kultrur) play- 

 ing the tune for it," he said. The paruntun is performed by taking a 

 hopping staccato step alternately with each foot. He imitated the 

 rhythm produced by beating the kultrur) by saying, "dung, dung, 

 dung, dung" and then took a step to coincide with each "dung." On- 

 lookers assisted with the rhythm by clapping hands at each "dung." 

 This was done to encourage the dancers. "The Tehuelche," Kolupan 

 added, "danced a different dance. The Tehuelche, you know, are not 

 Araucanians." He indicated the difference by singing a song. 



Social dancing was not part of the traditional recreation of the 

 Araucanians; today Araucanians join in with Argentines who are en- 

 joying such dances as the waltz, the polka, and other recreational 

 dances. There are no Araucanian names for these dances. 



Songs were suited to the occasion, one occasion being the rjillatun 

 (cf. p. 339). 



GAMES 



A game of chance, known as awar kuden (game with beans), is 

 played by men at get-togethers. Boys also play it among themselves. 

 Women and girls and nonparticipating men are onlookers. As many as 

 wish may play. Stakes are announced before playing is begun. Thirty 



