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"Taina-Kan, The Big Star"

"Taina-Kan, The Big Star"Tainá-Kan, The Big Star
(2005, 16 min.) BRAZIL
Director: Adriana Figueiredo
In Portuguese with English subtitles.

A digital animation of a traditional tale of the Karaja Indians of Brazil tells a story that accounts for the origin of agriculture as a gift of Tainá-Kan, or the big star Venus, who comes to earth in the form of a man.

Image credit: Taina-Kan, The Big Star; Taina-Kan, The Big Star

Adriana Figueiredo

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