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Kamayura men are known for being very muscular and are well adapted to
participating in Huka-Huka wrestling contests that occur during the Kuarup
Ceremony. In fact, Kamayura men practice wrestling on a daily basis in
order to develop and maintain their musculature. Only Kamayura men are
allowed to play their giant flutes (called jakui or uruá)
that are stored in a special maloka built specifically to house the flutes.
The flutes are used in the Ritual of the Flutes which is part of the Kuarup
Ceremony of the Dead. Work and other roles are sharply defined by gender.
In fact during intervillage trading (moitará),
only men are allowed to trade with other men while trade among women is
similarly restricted to the same sex. |