To become a man in the Amazon jungle / directed by Olivier Mirguet and Agnès Molia.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Mirguet, Olivier, director.

Molia, Agnès, director.

Heritage Broadcasting Service.

Series:

Rituals of the world.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maue Indians--Rituals--Amazon River Region.

Maue Indians.

Maue Indians--Customs and practices--Amazon River Region.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (26 minutes)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Eugene, Oregon] : Heritage Broadcasting Service, [2018]

System Details:

digital

Summary:

In the Amazon Jungle, a tribe called the Satéré Mawé, with about 10 thousand living members, inhabits northern Amazonia, in Brazil. This film follows Sergio, a member of the Satéré Mawé, who was born into the tribe, but made the decision 25 years ago to study in a nearby town. Today, with his twelve-year-old son, he returns to the tribe in the jungle for his son to undergo the ritual "for becoming a man," called Da Tucandeira. He has to join in with the Mawé tribal warriors to help perform this ritual for his son. As part of the ritual, his young son is required to put his hand into a glove full of stinging ants.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on October 24, 2024).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.