The Guajojó – Holy Cross

“Once upon a time there was a young Indian girl as beautiful as she was funny., daughter of the chief of a certain tribe who lived in a clearing in the jungle. She loved and was loved by a young man from the same tribe, handsome and brave, but perhaps more tender of heart than what makes a warrior.

Upon learning of those loves, the old chief, who was both an accomplished sorcerer, not finding the young man worthy of his daughter, He decided to end the romance in the easiest and most expeditious way.. He called the lover and using his magical arts he led him into the thicket., where he gave him a treacherous death.

After experiencing the prolonged absence of the loved one, The little Indian woman fell under suspicion and went in search of him into the jungle.. Coming home with the painful evidence, He rebuked his father between sobs and sobs., threatening to notify people of the crime committed.

The old sorcerer instantly transformed her into a night bird., so that no one would know what happened. But the voice of the unfortunate woman passed into the bird's throat and through it continued in the endless lament for the death of her beloved..

This is what the locals said about the origin of the guajojó and its flexible song of the jungle nights.”

Hernando Sanabria

Peace, Bolivia (1996)

“Traditions, legends and cases of Santa Cruz de la Sierra”