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.

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Published: Watertown MA : Documentary Educational Resources, 2007.
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Corporate Authors:
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Museu Nacional (Brazil)
Video nas Aldeias (Project)
Other Authors:
Kuikuro, Maricá
Kuikuro, Takumã
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Brazil > Social life and customs.
Kuikuru Indians > Folklore.
Kuikuru Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Kuikuru Indians > Social life and customs.
Lunar eclipses > Folklore.
Format: Electronic Video
Nguné Elü : the day the moon menstruated /
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 streaming video (28 min.)
Notes:Originally produced in 2004.
In Portuguese and Kuikuro with English credits and subtitles.
Bib#: 1407839
Language:Portuguese
Bib#:1407839

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