SantuárioCéu de AparecidaAudiovisual record · 41 sec
Song at the foot of the kapok tree
Maru Huni Kuin sings with a guitar at the roots of a samaúma during the directors' authorized visit to Aldeia Chico Curumim in Acre, Brazil.
Context and meaning.
The record was made on December 31, 2024, during Bruno Luz and Michael Pereira's visit to Aldeia Chico Curumim, in the Huni Kuin territory of the Upper Jordão River, Acre, Brazil.
According to the directors' institutional account, Maru Huni Kuin is a son of chief Tamani and a grandson of Ibã Huni Kuin, also known as Isaías Sales.
This authorized record documents an encounter. It does not grant the Sanctuary affiliation, representation or authority over the Huni Kuin people, this song or other Indigenous knowledge.
Descriptive transcript.
A time-coded description of the scenes. The video contains music and ambient sound; prayers and lyrics are not reproduced in full.
The camera moves across the roots and trunk of a large samaúma, or kapok tree, in the Amazon rainforest.
Maru Huni Kuin sits among the roots, singing and playing guitar. The original audio is preserved; the song is not translated or reproduced in writing on this page.
Description and descriptive transcript prepared and reviewed by the direction of Santuário Céu de Aparecida on August 3, 2026.