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Yawalapiti Indians play on the Xingu River during the preparations for the celebration of Kuarup, which this year, will honor an Yawalapiti Indian, and also Darcy Ribeiro (who was an anthropologist, writer and politician Brazil known for its focus in relation to Indians and education in the country .) The Yawalapiti are an indigenous tribe in the Xingu Indian Park, in Upper Xingu, in Mato Grosso. The Quarup (Kuarup) is a ritual in honor of the illustrious dead, but in its origin the would have been a rite that aims to bring the dead back to life. In the Xingu Indian Park, in Upper Xingu, in Mato Grosso May 8, 2012. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL – Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)