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Wai'á Rini, The Power of the Dream
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Filmmaker Name:
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Divino Tserewahú
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Film Length:
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65 min
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Film Year:
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2001
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Duration:
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46-75 min
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Decade:
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2000s
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Series:
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Indigenous Video Makers series
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Collection:
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Video in the Villages collection
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Color:
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color
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Region:
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South America
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In the Wai'á ceremony, young Xavante men undergo suffering as an initiation into spiritual life and a way to make contact with supernatural forces. The boys are divided into groups, and under the supervision of past initiates they perform weeks of physical trials in the hot sun.
Their guardians induce ritual fainting in the boys, in order to give them dreams that will in turn have the power to make reality. The Wai'á ceremony takes place only about every 15 years, and its leaders want to create a visual record with the help of Xavante filmmaker Divino TserewahWai'á. Some aspects of the men's ceremony, however, are hidden from women and therefore cannot be recorded on video.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Prize KICHWA Nationality, IV First Nations Film and Video Festival of ABYA YALA, Equador, 2001
Anaconda Award, II Anaconda 2002, Bolivia
Disclaimer on Naming:Please be aware that this documentary may include outdated or potentially offensive language. Such terms are not endorsed by DER but are presented in their original context to promote awareness, education, and discussion. Learn more about DER’s efforts to use reparative language and honor the preferred names of Indigenous communities by clicking here.
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