Nguné Elü : the day the moon menstruated / Associação Indigena Kuikuro do Alto Xingu, Video in the Villages, Núcleo Transformações Indigena-Museu Nacional present ; a video by Takumã Kuikuro, Maricá Kuikuro.

Format Video (Streaming)
Publication InfoWatertown MA : Documentary Educational Resources, 2007.
Description1 streaming video (28 min.)
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Other author/creatorKuikuro, Maricá.
Other author/creatorKuikuro, Takumã.
Other author/creatorDocumentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Other author/creatorMuseu Nacional (Brazil)
Other author/creatorVideo nas Aldeias (Project)
Abstract Produced during a Video in the Villages workshop in the Kuikuro village of Ipatse (Indigenous Park of Xingu, Brazil). When an eclipse takes place during the workshop, the villagers explain in their own words what happens during an eclipse, when moon menstruates, and about the celebrations and rituals that take place. The post-eclipse ceremonies include singing, dancing, vomiting, wrestling, and sacrificial rituals.
Date/time/place of a event noteOriginally produced in 2004.
LanguageIn Portuguese and Kuikuro with English credits and subtitles.

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