Iburi: Trumpet of Ticunas

Direction
Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho
Year of publication
2014
Duration
15'
Synopsis

This documentary records the process of building and running the trumpet Iburi, a Ticuna Indians instrument that is played during the ‘Festival of New Girl’, the female initiation ritual of the Ticunas. The girl who menstruated for the first time will be primed recluse until her Party, which in the end will liberate her from seclusion. Behind the place of imprisonment will be the tools that will counsel the girl. The¬se instruments can not be seen by women, children and especially the girl being initiated. Parallel to the construction of Iburi, the film shows the story of To’oena, “the first new girl” who, in time of myth, broke the taboo and paid with her life.

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IBURI - TROMPETE DOS TICUNAS
Este documental registra el proceso de construcción y ejecución de la trompeta Iburi de los indios Ticuna, instrumento que se toca durante la Fiesta de la Moça Nova, ritual de iniciación femenina de los Ticuna. En su primera menstruación, se recluye a la joven hasta que la Fiesta esté preparada; al final, ella saldrá de su clausura. Detrás del lugar de reclusión, están los instrumentos que aconsejarán a la joven. Las mujeres, los niños y, principalmente, la joven que va a ser iniciada, no pueden ver estos instrumentos. En paralelo a la construcción del Iburi, el documental muestra la historia de To’oena, la “primera chica joven” que, en el tiempo del mito, violó este tabú y pagó con su propia vida.
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Direction: Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho
Screenplay: Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho
Photography: Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho
Editing: Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho and Leo Fuzer
Production: Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho
Realization: Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology (LISA-USP)
Support: FAPESP