This narrative recounts the origin of the sacred cemeteries of the Kotiria people. The Kotiria are one of the sixteen East Tukano groups, living in the upper Rio Negro border region between Brazil and Colombia in northwestern Amazonia and whose total population is approximately twenty-six thousand. There are some 2000 Kotiria, most of whom live in traditional communities located along the Vaupés river, a territory they have occupied for at least seven centuries (Sten- zel 2013: 10). This dataset contains the mediafiles. A glossed version with annotations is found in On this and other worlds -- Voices from Amazonia Edited by Kristine Stenzel and Bruna Franchetto