Eulodia Dagua, "On burning gaps 1."

In these jungles, we people call this wind "rundu wayra" (strong wind). It clears everything out, all cleared. The "win" blows everything to the ground. When that happens and the sun is strong, everything (the dry branches) in the jungle burns. The wind, that strong "win" wind, knocks down all the trees. Nothing is left. The dry leaves of the "win" tree burned easily. In our childhood, we used to light them, and in that place we prepared the yucca chakra. We worked on planting the yucca chakra, but when strong winds blew, no tree remained standing. The trees fell, like this one that is now down. Nothing is left. [At that time, how did you find the place cleared?] We… It was my grandfather who had seen it. Yes, my grandfather. "If it burns, a good chakra can be made here," he said. He mentioned it this way because the "win" wind had knocked down the trees. Half of the land we used for the chakra, and the other half we planted with grass to feed the cows. [But, how did he find it? Did he have to walk far?] But when he went to fish with a trap in the river [m…] mm, mm! When he arrived, he saw how the "win" wind had knocked down the trees. [In the Bobonaza River or another one?] Yes! In the middle of the Bobonaza River, right in the middle. Mm, mm! That's where the trees fall. [So, at that time, there weren’t many people?] No, at that moment, there was no one. We… we were still small. I was ten years old. My grandfather, my uncle, and his children —who were also small—, my uncle only had two children. I was small, and there were no other children. It was just us and my father, four adults in total. With my grandfather, we were five. That's where the "win" wind knocked down the trees [m…] mm, mm! By burning them, we also prepared the chakra. [When he went to fish with a trap, did he leave for a week or a few days?] No! He simply left the house saying, "I’m going to fish with a trap in the river" [m, m]. When he arrived at the house, he said: "Pacha! Look how the wind has knocked down the trees." There wasn’t a single one left. I don’t know how many hectares it was, but they said the wind had knocked down many, hectare after hectare. So, looking around, there were no trees left, only their trunks on the ground, scattered here and there. The trees were all jumbled [m, m]. With that mess, what tree could possibly remain standing? [m, m] In places like that, after burning, we used to prepare the chakra.