Kuarup
1963, Portuguese. Directed by Heinz Forthmann.
Aspects of the life of the Kamaiurá, an indigenous tribe that inhabits the Upper Xingu. The manioc-based food, the training with bow and arrow and the work carried out by the young Indian, the girls learn how to spin, and the boys develop the knowledge of the tribe with the shamans. An important rite is the Kuarup, which honors a great dead leader. The procedures for the rite: the decoration of tree trunks, the painting of bodies, the dance choreography, the physical confrontation between the Indians. Finally, the trunks are taken by children to the waters of the Xingu River.
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- 0h 20m
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- Portuguese
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- 1 January 1963
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Kuarup isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1963. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Kuarup?
Kuarup (1963) was directed by Heinz Forthmann.