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Mending Ways: The Canela Indians of Brazil

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Women prepare food, sisterhood, p. 49 / “…the women rule the roosts in the domestic situation.” 32’ 27” / Daily Life, Cooking (photo); Manioc Proc.
Circle of houses, p. 55 / “…to keep the other people happy.” 00’ 54” / p. 2, par. 2
OVERVIEW, semi-circular / About Canela (photo)
Legal payment to keep peace not justice, p. 65 / “The payment of a horse…satisfied…” 21” 40” / p. 5, par. 3; p. 6, par. 3
MENDING WAYS, mending them, internal peace, resolve problems
p. 7, par. 1 / About Canela, paragraph 13
Ear-piercing rite, p. 68 / “A boy learns obedience through ear-piercing.” 25’ 06” / p. 5. par. 4
MENDING WAYS
Earlobe piercing / Rituals, Body Adorn.
Live for group, share sex extramaritally 110 / “They lived for the tribe, for the survival…” 0’ 47” / p. 2, par. 4; p. 5, par. 1
OVERVIEW, MENDING
her body, creating joy
p. 8, par. 3; p.10, par 2
SEX SYSTEM, cultural support, every night / About Canela, paragraph 12
Log racing, p. 13 / “A festival day…starts with a log race.” 9’ 36”; 36’ 10” / p. 6, par. 2
MENDING WAYS, bonding device / About Canela (photos)
Death and mourning, 70 / “…death of my own niece…” 15’ 42”
Elders in plaza, p.104 / “…before the entire council of elders…” 5’ 45” / p. 6, par. 4
MENDING WAYS, elders meet / Daily Life, Plaza Gathering
Ecology, farms, p. 57 / “…expanded into large…farming.” 43’ 00” / p. 3, par. 3; p. 4. par 3
HISTORY, various crops, sufficient surpluses / Daily Life, 7-9 am
Demise of extra-marital sex system, p 110–114 / “Yes…the custom has been lost.”
43’ 56” / p. 10–12
LOSS…, almost lost / About Canela, last paragraph
Facsimile warriors singing, 74 / “In this sacred festival…retreat…” 37’ 05”
Mediation is the true way of life, p.74 / “Leadership mends through compromise.”
39’ 05” / p. 5; par. 3; p. 8, par. 1
MENDING WAYS, to repair, non-confrontational
p. 12, par. 5
LOSS…, resolve their / About Canela, paragraph 13
Hunter’s meat shared, sharing for survival 76 / “…distribute meat to all households in the tribe.” 32’ 59” / p. 2, par. 4
OVERVIEW, welfare of / About Canela, par.12
Shamanism, p.78–79 / “So a shaman is bound to be off on his own.”
8’ 20”
Keeping out pollutants, purifying body, p. 79 / “Once the black paint is on, he is shielded.”
27’ 15”
Curing ceremony, p.79 / “When a person is… sick, the soul...” 8’ 15”
Younger Thunder = Raimundo Roberto = ceremonial chief, p. 36 / “Raimundo Roberto became Bill Crocker’s most helpful guide.” 6’ 30”
MENDING WAYS [>]
Trials, hearings, p. 105 / “The village elders… resolve this …” / About Canela, par. 13
Ceremonial Chief day, sideways dance, p. 90 / “The day starts with a dance line, snaking around…” 18’ 01” / p. 7, par. 3
MENDING WAYS, social respect
Learning restrictions, Warriors’ festival, p. 85 / “These initiates have just emerged from a long period of learning.” 26’ 44”
Wild Boar day, women return painted, p. 97 / “…black paint serves as a memento of the liason.” 34’ 12” / p. 6, par. 1
MENDING, paints represent
p. 9, par. 2 LOSS..., extramarital event
Pedro’s defiance, 98 / “…I saw my wife and got jealous.” 19’ 20”
Sequential sex for less able men, bonding, 109 / “…the women have to yield…an honorable custom.” 18’ 40” / p. 2, para. 3
OVERVIEW, especially known
Views of savannahs, 20
Hunting, / “Too become a man one must become a hunter.” 28’ 45” / About Canela, log rac.
Formal Friendship, 60 / “Formal Friends transform pain…” 12’ 30” / p. 7, par. 4–6
MENDING WAYS, mending device / Festivals, Pepyê
Crocker in field, 36, 67 / “Bill Crocker first came to study…” 5’ 04” / p. 12, par. 1; p. 13–16
LOSS…, Yomtam unusual FIELD WORK , why did you go / Smithsonian Research
Waterfall, p. 49, 64 / “…he led me to his family house…” 6’14” / p. 15, par. 4
FIELD WORK, sister Waterfall
Relaxed-one, 110, 118 / “These days we all need money…” 43’ 20”
Yomtam, p. 114, cover / “Yes, I liked the men …so many…” 7’ 40” / p. 12, par. 1
LOSS…, women liked it
Carampei, p. 118–120 / “Carampei…runs with the pack.” 8’ 49” / Smithsonian Research, The Making of “Mending Ways”