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Cidadão Jatobá

Cidadão Jatobá

1987-05-07
  • Documentary
14 minutes

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.

Maria Luiza d'AboimDirector
Maria Luiza d'AboimWriter

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Marcos Terena

Narrator (voice)

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