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The Parakatêjê (Gavião) people of Pará have lost 80% of their population to disease since the 1950s. Kokrenum, the Parakatêjê's charismatic chief, worried about his people's cultural losses, organizes a visit to the Krahô, "relatives" of the Parakatêjê with similar language and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carelli, Vincent
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 1993.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Urubu Kaapor Indians > Rites and customs.
Kraho Indians > Rites and customs.
Indians of South America > Brazil > Pará (State) > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of South America > Brazil > Pará (State) > Social life and customs.
Indians of South America > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of South America > Social life and customs.
Brazil > Pará (State)
Documentary.
Encoded moving images.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The Parakatêjê (Gavião) people of Pará have lost 80% of their population to disease since the 1950s. Kokrenum, the Parakatêjê's charismatic chief, worried about his people's cultural losses, organizes a visit to the Krahô, "relatives" of the Parakatêjê with similar language and traditions. Fifty young Parakatêjê participate in a Krahô festival of singing, body-painting and a long, strenuous relay race.
Physical Description:1 online resource (32 min.)
Production Credits:Director, Vincent Carelli ; editor, Tutu Nunes.