xawara

One night in the jungle, two kids are meeting each other: A Yanomami indian and the son of a golddigger. Through swapping toys, they show a huge ravine between their cultures.

10+ (première 15/12/1991)

This performance shows the fight between two populations: the Yanomami Indians and the gold seekers in the Brazilian jungle who are forced by poverty. For the gold seekers gold equals survival. For the Yanomami gold means xawara: the morbid smoke, the invisible danger.

Text: Carlos Lagoeiro.
Director: Márcio Aurélio (Brazilië)/Carlos Lagoeiro.
Play: Claudia Maoli, Cris de Castro, Didi Nascimento, Manuel Segond en Gert den Boer
Images: Michel Pellanders

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