News of this people
- Ex-madeireiro, indigenista monitora único sobrevivente de povo massacrado em RO
19/12/2010 - Índios de tribo isolada são visitados pela Funai no Amazonas
11/12/2010 - Brasil tem mais de 70 grupos indígenas isolados, aponta Funai
28/10/2010
Inhabited lands
- Rio Omerê
Foto: Marcos Mendes, 1995
Akuntsu
- Other names
Akunt'su - Where they are
RO - How many
5 (Siasi/Sesai, 2012) - Linguistic family
Tupari
Ritual
Shamanic sessions are an ever-present aspect of the ritual life of the Akuntsu. Kunibu, the group’s leader and shaman, interacts with a Kanoê female shaman in lengthy encounters that involve the characteristic shamanic blowing and inhaling of angico powder (snuff). They enter into trance and evoke the spirits of animals and fantastic beings, which they seem to incorporate.
Film footage taken in 2002 shows Kunibu and three women demonstrating what appears to be a ritual. Kunibu, holding his bow and some arrows, chants while stamping the ground firmly with his right foot, accompanied by the women who also hold bows and arrows, stamp their feet and repeat the melody sung by Kunibu.
