(This episode is narrated in the Maxakali language. You can activate the Portuguese subtitles in the video settings menu.) Who is Mãyõn? “The Sun teaches us how to make thread, how to make a bag. The Sun teaches us about the ant and the ant of the embaúba shows us which embaúba to cut.” - Sueli Maxakali In the eleventh episode of the Sun cycle, Sueli and Isael Maxakali talk about the Sun from the perspective of their people, showing its relationship with various activities of the Maxakali daily life, from planting and construction to songs and other elements of their spirituality. They also emphasize how the Sun is beneficial to life, and the importance of caring for the forests to be able to live in harmony with its heat. The SOL cycle consists of 17 narratives published every Wednesday on our YouTube channel, in the Hatxã Kuï, Tukano, Nheengatu, Maxakali, Guarani or Portuguese languages. Presenting different views of the Sun, the series interweaves indigenous memories and knowledge with perspectives from astronomy, philosophy, astrology, literature and other areas of knowledge. On Wednesdays, we also publish a section related to each episode on our website: www.selvagemciclo.com.br/cadernos Follow our social media and our channel to find out about the series' releases! SUELI MAXAKALI was born in 1976, in the city of Santa Helena de Minas. She is a leader of the Maxakali people, an indigenous people originally from a region between the current states of Minas Gerais, Bahia and Espírito Santo. She is an educator, photographer and also an audiovisual director. With Isael Maxakali, she has produced some of the most emblematic films in the production of contemporary indigenous art, with the aim of recording and disseminating ancestral rituals and traditions, while at the same time transcending, with her poetry, the engagement in the fight for the rights of native peoples. At the 34th Bienal, the artist presented the installation Kumxop koxuk yõg (The spirits of my daughters), a set of objects, masks and dresses that refer to the mythical universe of the Yãmĩyhex, the spirit women. ISAEL MAXAKALI was born in 1978, in the village of Água Boa, in Minas Gerais, where she grew up listening to and learning the songs and stories of the Yãmĩyxop spirits. Today she lives in the village of Ladainha, in Minas Gerais. In 1993, he married Sueli Maxakali, his life and work partner. At the turn of the century, he took over the kuxex, the house of songs, becoming a young leader of his people. Today he is one of the main indigenous directors working in Brazil, developing a body of work consisting of ritual films, documentaries and animations. In 2020, she received the Carlos Reichenbach Award for Best Feature Film at the 23rd Tiradentes Film Festival for the film Yãmĩyhex: as mulheres-espírito (2019), directed with Sueli Maxakali. She also received the PIPA Award online, one of the main contemporary art awards in Brazil. ________________________ All Selvagem activities and materials are shared free of charge. For those who wish to give back, we invite you to financially support Escolas Vivas through our website: Selvagemciclo.com.br/colabore ________________________ CREDITS Direction: Anna Dantes Production: Madeleine Deschamps Production Assistants Daniel Grimoni and Alice Faria Rocca Films: Cinematography - Rafael Rolim Cameras - Lucca Pougy and Jota Prado Still photo - Clara Almeida Sound - Toninho Muricy Editing and finalization - Gabriel Ingber Theme music: Cerimônia 14, by Gilberto Monte Opening animation: Luciano Gomes Translation of the Maxakali language: Sandro Campos and Isael Maxakali Drawing by Mãyõn: Isael Maxakali Thanks: Carol Comandulli, Cristine Takuá, Denise Milfont, Digo Fiães, Escola Viva Aldeia Escola Floresta, Hãmhi Terra Viva, Lívia King, Paula Berbert Production: Selvagem Escolas Vivas