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Os espiritos so entendem o nosso idioma = The spirits just understand our language /

Only six elders of the Manoki population in the Brazilian Amazon still speak the Indigenous language, an imminent risk of losing the means by which they communicate with their spirits. Although this is a difficult subject, the younger ones decide to narrate their version of this long story in images...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jolasi, Valdeilson (Director), Tamuxi, Robert (Director), Jemjusi, Cileuza (Director), Mytyli, Ija (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:Portuguese
Language Notes:In Portuguese.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Utopic Documentaries, 2019.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Brazil.
Indigenous peoples > Brazil.
Iranxe Indians > Brazil.
Iranxe language.
Münkü dialect.
Peuples autochtones > Brésil.
Iranxe > Brésil.
Iranxe (Langue)
Münkü dialect
Indians of South America
Indigenous peoples
Iranxe Indians
Iranxe language
Brazil
documentary film.
Documentary films
Ethnographic films
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Documentaires.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Only six elders of the Manoki population in the Brazilian Amazon still speak the Indigenous language, an imminent risk of losing the means by which they communicate with their spirits. Although this is a difficult subject, the younger ones decide to narrate their version of this long story in images and words. of relations with non-Indigenous people, talking about their pains, challenges and desires. Despite all the difficulties in the current context, the struggle and hope echo in several dimensions of the short film, indicating that the Manoki language will live!
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed October 15, 2020).
Physical Description:1 online resource (6 minutes)
Playing Time:00:05:36