August 20

19:00: Wyty Documentary: Os Cantos de Resistência Gavião-Pykopjê

The Pykopjê strengthen their identity as a people and survive culturally by holding their traditional festivals called Amji Kin, bringing together all the people in celebration with contests, torah races, food, exchange of gifts and lots of singing alongside their Timbira relatives and other guests. Wyty: “The Hawkeye Festival” is one of the initiation rites responsible for keeping alive the tradition of these songs as an inheritance for new generations, so that they may always remain in joy.

19:30 – Musical Performance: Coletivo Mência Hityiti (Gavião-kyikatêjê/PA)

Directly from Pará, the collective brings together more than 20 women, from young to old, who transform pain into art, honoring the legacy of “Big Mom”, guardian of traditional knowledge.

August 21st

17:00 – Conversation Circle: Territories and Musicalities with Akari Waurá (MT), Concita Sompré (Kyikatêjê/PA) and David Guajajara (MA) – Mediator Paula Gibram (SP)

Reflecting on music as an instrument of strengthening, connection with territory, and resistance, three leaders of the Waurá peoples, Gavião Kyikatêjê and Tenetehar-Guajajara, talk under and mediation of Paola Gibram (SP).

18:30 – Documentary: Kokuho — Canto Vivo Waujá (Xingu)

Recorded in Waujá villages in the Xingu (MT), the film records the songs of the Kukuho ritual, dedicated to cassava, performed by the singer and researcher Akari Waurá, in addition to portraying songs that intertwine humans, nature and myths.

19:00 – Musical Performance: Akari Waurá (Alto Xingu/MT)

As guardians of this ancient tradition, the Wauja present a repertoire where each song and instrument fulfills specific functions. Akari is a musician, storyteller, leader of the Waujá community and seeks to preserve and share the traditions of his people in his performances.

19:30 – Musical Presentation: Tukàn Tenetehar Collective (Guajajara/MA)

Guajajara singers from Araribóia share not only melodies, but a legacy at risk. With their maracás in their hands, the collective seeks to awaken the call of the forest in the new generations.

August 22nd

16:00 – Conversation Wheel: JÃNAHA – Os Cantos Awa Guajá

Jãnaha is Awa Guajá’s main form of musical expression and is present at various moments in life. Under the mediation of Flávia Berto, Awa Guajá singers will share the challenges faced in seeking to value and maintain this important cultural heritage.

18:00 – Launch of “Karawa Janaha: The Song of the Karawara”

An unprecedented work that portrays the Awá Guajá vocal art, with songs sung in the language of the heavenly hunters, the Karawara, and is the result of collaborative fieldwork carried out with the communities of the Awá villages as part of the Cultural Strengthening subprogram of the Basic Environmental Plan of the Vale Railroad.

19:00 – Immersive Presentation: Huni-Kuin Songs in Pictures – Ibã Sales (AC) & VJ Trajano (MA)

Ibã Sales, master of the songs of the Huni Kuin people (AC), presents the music of Huni Meka, which are songs that drive the strength of Ni xi Pae (ayahuasca). At his side, VJ Trajano (MA) creates a dialogue with the masterpieces of the MAHKU (Huni Kuin Artists Movement), projecting images that immerse the public in the Huni Kuin worldview.

19:30 – Musical Presentation: Awa-Guajá (MA) – Songs that connect earth and sky

A group of Awa singers and singers from the Caru and Awa Indigenous Lands (MA) use singing to tell their stories, talk about their meanings, and the experience of sharing them with indigenous and non-indigenous audiences.

August 23

17:00 – Documentary: Nixi Pae — The Spirit of the Forest

In his in-depth research on the Huni Meka, sacred chants of the vine (ayahuasca) that connect the visible and invisible world, professor and researcher Ibã Sales has his journey portrayed.

17:45 – Conversation Circle: The paths of MAHKU with Ibã Sales (AC)

The Huni Kuin Artists Movement (MAHKU) invented the relationship between sacred chants and visual art among the Huni Kuin. In this conversation circle, Ibã Sales — master of Huni Meka ritual songs and one of the founders of the movement — shares how the collective transformed music into an image, creating a unique visual language based on oral tradition.

The starting point will be the creative process described in the text “Designing the songs”, which reveals how artists translate songs into drawings, using the lyrics and meanings of the songs as a basis for visual compositions. This practice not only preserves ancient knowledge, but also makes it accessible in new ways – today, many Huni Kuin already recognize certain songs when they see the drawings that represent them. With the mediation of researcher Daniel Dinato, this conversation will be about creation, music, memory, and the future

19:00 – Ancestronik Show: Edivan Fulni-ô (PE) and Guests

Edivan Fulni-ô is a multi-artist, singer, composer and communicator,

For the festival, Edivan presents a unique show-experience, where the ANCESTRONIK performance combines music, performance and technology, connected to Fulni-ô knowledge. On stage, he combines his voice and stage presence with the electronic beats of DJ and performer Psilo Ser, while the craftsman and holder of traditional knowledge Sainkya Fulni-ô brings the material and symbolic strength of the culture of his people. A dialogue between the ancient and futuristic technological universe.