Tears in the Amazon (Les zo'é, l'Amazonie en héritage)

Production / MBC

Distribution / Mountain Pictures

Planning / Jung Sung-hoo

Producer / Yoon Mi-hyun, Huh Tae-jung

Music / Sim Hyun-jung

Picture-taking / Song In-hyuk, Kim Man-tae, Choi Jae-pil, Ha rim

Narration / Kim Nam-gil

Writer / Koh Hye-lim

Director / Kim Jin-man, Kim Hyeon-cheol

Tears of the Amazon

Zoe tribe came out for hunting

in the biggest primeval forest, Amazon

Monin is the best hunter in Zoe

An arrow aimed to bird

is stuck in the tree It's valuable for their lives

At the top of the tree which is more than 98 ft,

or in the forest like a maze,

he found exactly what he wants

His first wife Patua is pregnant,

soon they'll have a baby

He's got a lot of family members to feed

His second & third wives' are

waiting for him They are sisters

Hunting will be done in half a day

if he got lucky unless it'll take a few days

He drinks water when he's hungry in forest

He bumps into a friend in the middle of forest

Have you got bananas?

No, I haven't

What do you have?

A little Patoa

Where did you get'em?

Oh, it's far from here

Wives eat dried-monkey

That's the last meat at Monin's house

If you tread to a wrong place, Amazon will put you in danger

A few days ago, one of hunters is bitten by snake

Finally he catches the target

By the end of the day Monin gets back with a deer

Women take care of the animals

His sister-in-law

cleans up a deer before it's spoiled

Monin's wives are too young to handle it

Monin got many of contusion on his sole

Ouch My feet hurt

This is a Bambi Organs are too small

How stinky it is!

It's clean I washed it

It's not dirt, no blood

and no more stink

Monin's family live together including his sister Tussa

I chased deer often

And who cooked it for you?

It wasasd

Tell me who cooked em

Monin's third wife Ting comes to help her to clean

Ting, you don't know anything about this Don't burn the skin

Just scorch and remove the hair

The deer is naked and divided part by part

To get rid of blood, it's hung on a hut

She boiled the meat to make soup

and share for everyone

While waiting, some are pick up the lice

Everyone's waiting for the breakfast

Drink it

I went to hunt so far yesterday

Baby is coming after 3 of full moon

You were usually chatty I think you're scared

Zoe moves for hunting regularly

with family or close relations

They raise children together

because they're in polygamy

Married person can get married again

if their partner agrees for that

They share food all together

But there's strict rule for the meal

Always women and children go first for that

Women eat Cassava porridge

and then men start to eat

Split the meat is upon the hunter

It's hard to catch the food, but harder to share it with fair

All members are waiting for that with patient

Give this piece to Tuhu

Even someone is absent but he takes care all of them

It takes 2 hours to split the meat

for one meal

However some of them are not satisfied what they ate

Then Zoe's old tradition comes out for him

Are you upset Orita?

Yes, I am

All of members go up to them and

tickle them until they laugh

When my husband got mad, I tickled him when he's alive

They solve

the trouble to this way like children are playing

They eat fruits for breakfast when meat runs out

And never forget to feed the pets

They don't wear outfit but women use adornment for hair

Come on I'll tie your hair

Turn around We've got things to do

It made by bird's feather They glue it with sap of tree

They love broad forehead so they shave downy hair on that

Zoe really care about their appearance

Men has to cover their front

by leaf of palm tree

We call it Xono This is for myself

They feel shame without Xono

Women don't cover themselves

But when they sit on, they hide their front with feet

They use Urucum to make red color

It protects their skin from insects and sunlight

Also they love to put it on their body for beauty

Their body is most important thing in their lives

We put on Urukum to make our skin healthy

Poturu' is made by poturu tree

They plug it on bottom lip when permanent teeth grow in

First time to plug this,

pierce the lip with monkey's bone

It hurts if it gets older

It has to be changed regularly

Their sets of teeth are crooked and mouths are wounded

It needs to be changed in one or two months

Wearing Poturu looks charming

If it looks good, that's alright

No one cares when and why they stand on

this inconvenience custom

That's just how they were and how they will be

I'll take this one even if I"m dead

I'll keep my Poturu

When someone die Poturu will be buried with him

Zoe is isolated tribe

as a pure-blooded tribe

They live deep in Northern Amazon

It's been 3 decades that they became known

They don't contact to other tribes Their blood type is only A

as it's known so far

Come on, Let's go take a bath

Come on, Let's go take a bath

In central region of Amazonian,

270 people constitute the Waura

Portuguese explorers found them in 1884

They were civilized long time ago

but still keep their tradition

You ready? I’m going to start Piyuwa

Don't be afraid

Piyuwa is purifying ceremony

by scrubbing human's body With fish teeth

Yamulu has to get through this to be a grown-up

Another leg

It goes only on the legs for women, but it goes entire body for men

They put extract of tree root

to prevent infection after Piyuwa

Kuapi is sign for a girl

who isn't get married yet

She had first period in last year

and recently finished isolation a year

During the segregation at home,

she spend a time to be a woman

Now you need to drink this

You"ll be prettier and healthier if you drink this

After isolation, she drinks Attagha

and vomits to purify herself

A girl finished her duty can get married

13 years old Yamulu starts her marriage lesson

Women make Beizu

with grinded cassava

Look, you have to use

dried flour, not the wet

Flip it

Like this?

And flip it again

You have to learn this more

Her parents take care of her

than others lately

you have boy friend?

No I don't

Physical relationship?

Not yet

You really don’t have a boy friend?

No, Mom

If you have, tell me right away

Boy friend and physical contact

- you did, right? - No I don't

They are free to talk to sexual issue

Let's talk about girls

How's your love life?

Bring the Mingkau, Ladies

Bring that sweet drinks

If he catches your neck, lift him up and turn

Then you'll win

Champion teaches his son

before the Wukawuka festival

I'm waiting for her answer What she gonna say

Just sleep with her to be pregnant

I'm the only one who respect the women in this town

I'm gonna participate in Wukawuka

I don't think your father will win

Maybe he's pass out

I don't think I'm gonna win

Maybe it's just for make up