Ana Paixão de Carvalho

Arquivo Aberto is a series of five videos that revisits the "Vídeos nas Aldeias" project with the aim of returning the audiovisual recordings made during the project to the original communities.

This experimental short film proposes a lyrical plunge into the sacred words of the shaman Valdomiro Flores about the original territory and the traditional way of being Kaiowá indigenous people (Mato Grosso do Sul/Brazil) elaborated from a set of images of the phenomenon of kuarahy jeguaka (head ornament of the Sun).

Chanter Tachico Guajajara shares the story of how his people learned the sacred chants that conduct their rituals and festivities.