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Cidadão Jatobá

  • May 1987
  • 14mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Maria Luiza d'Aboim,

    Maria Luiza d'Aboim,

    Starring

    Marcos Terena,

    Two Lawalapiti young men from Alto Xingu learn to build a canoe from the bark of the jatobá tree, a quick and simple technique that leaves the tree still rooted and alive, and that has ceased to be used and is only known by the oldest Lawalapiti men.