e/Uakti (myth)

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has gloss	eng: Uakti is a mythical musician described by the Tukano natives of the Alto Rio Negro region of the Amazon. According to the legend, the creature had holes in his body such that they would produce sound when he ran or the wind blew through him. This music seduced the women of the tribe and so the other men burned and buried his body. The myth holds that out of Uaktis remains grew the palm trees from which the Tukanos flutes are made. The women of the Tukano Indians are thus not allowed to play flutes.
lexicalization	eng: Uakti
instance of	(noun) a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown flute, transverse flute