Nguné Elü, The Day the Moon Menstruated
From the Indigenous Video Makers series in the Video in the Villages collection
By Takumã Kuikuro, Maricá Kuikuro
color, 28 min, 2004
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During a video workshop in the Kuikuro village in the Upper Xingu, Brazil, an eclipse takes place. Suddenly, everything changes. The animals take new forms. Blood falls from the sky like rain. The sound of the sacred flutes crosses the dark night. There is no time to lose. One must sing and dance. The world must be awakened. In this video, the Kuikuro videomakers tell us what happened when the moon menstruated.
other films from the Indigenous Video Makers series:
One Must Be Curious
Moyngo, The Dream of Maragareum
Wapté Mnhõnõ, The Xavante's Initiation
The Rainy Season
Wai'á Rini, The Power of the Dream
Shomõtsi
Dancing with a Dog
Kinja Iakaha, A Day in the Village
A Path to Live
Trainees for the Future
The Living Forest
From the Ikpeng Children to the World