When ancient carvings were vandalised, the Wauja feared their knowledge was lost. But 3D imaging has created a replica at the heart of Brazil’s first Xingu people’s museum
or chief of the Indigenous village of Ulupuwene, at the inauguration of the replica of the sacred cave, Kamukuwaká. He calls it ‘an instrument that will show our strength, our struggle and our unity with other Xingu people’.or chief of the Indigenous village of Ulupuwene, at the inauguration of the replica of the sacred cave, Kamukuwaká. He calls it ‘an instrument that will show our strength, our struggle and our unity with other Xingu people’.
“This here is an instrument that will show our strength, our struggle and our unity with other Xingu people,” the of Ulupuwene, Elewoká Waurá, tells Wauja relatives, who have travelled from other villages to take part in the ceremony. Now 49, Akari was told the myth of Kamukuwaká, the first Wauja chief, during visits to the cave as a child with his father and uncles.It was there, tracing the engravings representing female fertility, as well as fish, dragonflies and other forest creatures, that he learned about his people’s history, and the skills and knowledge required of a cacique and traditional singer.
A modern solution was found to help preserve the Wauja ancestral culture: constructing a resin-coated polystyrene and polyurethane facsimile designed using cutting-edge 3D-imaging technology.Get a different world view with a roundup of the best news, features and pictures, curated by our global development teamThe project was set in motion after the damage to the cave was discovered in 2018.
Her son Tukupe Waurá, who translates for her, adds: “Not just the Wauja but all Xingu people, the new generations, can now come to see without risking their life . And this guarantees our culture, our spirituality, our sensitivity.”of things are no less real than the original,” says Chris Ball, an anthropologist at Notre Dame University, in the US state of Indiana, who has worked with the Wauja people for two decades.
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