2003 | Brazil | Documentary

Moyngo, The dream of Maragareum

  • English, Portuguese English 44 mins
  • Director | Karané, Kumaré, and Natuyu Ikpeng
  • Writer | Karané, Kumaré, Natuyu Ikpeng, Leonardo Sette, Valdete Pinhanta Ashenika
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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During a video workshop, the Ikpeng community decides to act out the myth of the origin of the tattooing ceremony. The mythical hero, Maragareum, dreams about the collective death of the villagers of his friend’s Eptxum’s village. Arriving in this village, he finds, in fact, that everyone is dead. As night falls, he hides in the hut, and observes and learns the Moyngo ceremony from the spirits of the dead.

Indigenous cinema Cultural myth Tattooing ceremony Shamanism Community filmmaking Ethnofiction Brazilian cinema Anthropological film
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