Kuarup in the Xingu Indigenous Park, Central Brazil

A four-day Kuarup funeral ritual in the Xingu Indigenous Park to commemorate the lives of recently departed villagers Elements of the Kuarup include the traditional body adornments, the huka-huka wrestling, the rhythmic dances in long lines and the wind instruments, along with the painting of tree trunks, the mourning of relatives next to fires and the closing gifts of grilled river fish wrapped in manioc flour beijus This Kuarup took place in a Kalapalo village with invited indigenous peoples coming from across the Alto Xingu region August 2025