Mutum Path

Direction
Edson Matarezio
Year of publication
2018
Duration
20'
Synopsis

The Ticuna Indian Ondino Casimiro is a very unique person in his people. One of the great connoisseurs of the so-called Festa da Moça Nova, the ritual of female initiation. His fame as a singer took him far, performing in Manaus, São Paulo and even a tour in Italy. He knows like no one the basket weaving arts and is responsible for officiating the Catholic Mass on Sundays in the small chapel of the community. A dedicated teacher of the children of the community, every morning it is possible to hear him teaching in both languages, Ticuna and Portuguese. There is no doubt that Ondino is a erudite in his culture and a skilled translator of the white world for the Ticuna and vice versa.

NTSC, color, 20 min, 2018.
Direction: Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho and Marília Senlle
Research and Screenplay: Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho
Photography: Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho and Marília Senlle
Editing: Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho and Leo Fuzer
Production: Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho
Realization: Laboratório de Imagem e Som em Antropologia (LISA-USP)
Support: FAPESP, Thematic Project “O Musicar Local - Novas trilhas para a etnomusicologia”, 16 / 05318-7.