When a big chief dies on the Xingu indigenous reservation, its tribes gather for a unique funeral ritual called the Kuarup. Wearing body paint and bird feathers, they join in ceremonial dances, combat ...
Pictures of the Yawalapiti tribe from the Xingu National Park in Brazil's Mato Grosso State, taking part in their 'quarup' ritual. The ritual is held over several days to honour in death a person of ...
You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Yawalapiti indigenous men of Mato Grosso State in Brazil, this month celebrated ‘quarup,’ a ritual held over ...
After traveling more than 35 hours by land, air and sea from Mato Grosso, Brazil’s Xingu Indigenous Park, Brazilian Indigenous activist and Chief Tapi Yawalapiti arrived on Northwestern’s Evanston ...
Aritana died Wednesday after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 about two weeks ago. Aritana was one of the last speakers of the language of his tribe, Yawalapiti He worked to create the Xingu National ...
Aritana Yawalapiti has died after contracting COVID-19 Source: Twitter/@TheRulesOrg One of Brazil's leading Indigenous chiefs, Aritana Yawalapiti, died Wednesday of respiratory complications caused by ...