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  2. Jivaro (film) - Wikipedia

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    Jivaro (also known as Lost Treasure of the Amazon) is a 1954 American 3-D adventure film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Fernando Lamas, Rhonda Fleming and Brian Keith. Publicity material for the film translates Jivaro as "headhunters of the Amazon".

  3. Jivaroan peoples - Wikipedia

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    The shaman goes about relieving the patient of any harmful spirits that may be attacking his or her body. The Jivaro also believe in an act of what may be considered telling the future or telling time. Bennett makes another note of the Jivaro and their ayahuasca ceremonies, where a Jivaro will hire a shaman to tell of far away friends and family.

  4. Shrunken head - Wikipedia

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    In the 1949 novel "Amazon Adventure" by Willard Price, John Hunt buys a shrunken head for the American Museum of Natural History from a Jivaro chief, who explains the shrinking process. The scene mirrors Price's own experience with the Jivaro, described in his 1948 travel book, "Roving South." In 1955, Disneyland opened its Jungle Cruise ride ...

  5. Shuar - Wikipedia

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    The Shuar, also known as Jivaro, are an indigenous ethnic group that inhabits the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazonia. They are famous for their hunting skills and their tradition of head shrinking, known as Tzantsa. The Shuar language belongs to the Jivaroan linguistic family and is spoken by over 50,000 people in the region.

  6. Tsentsak - Wikipedia

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    Tsentsak are invisible pathogenic projectiles or magical darts utilized in indigenous and mestizo shamanic practices for the purposes of sorcery and healing throughout much the Amazon Basin. Anthropologists identify them as objects referenced in emic accounts that represent indigenous beliefs. Tsentak are not recognized in scientific medicine.

  7. Frank Drown - Wikipedia

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    Frank Drown (September 30, 1922 - January 22, 2018) was an American author and former missionary.He and his wife Marie were missionaries with Gospel Missionary Union and worked for 37 years with the Jívaro Indians of eastern Ecuador, who were known for their head shrinking.

  8. Jivaro - Wikipedia

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    Jivaro languages, a language family of northern Peru and eastern Ecuador; Jivaro, a 1954 American 3-D film; Jíbaro, English title Wild Dogs, a 1985 Cuban film; Lake Jivaro, a reservoir in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States; Jibaro, the final episode of season three of Love, Death + Robots which won several awards.

  9. Chicham languages - Wikipedia

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    Jivaro. Aguaruna; Palta ... language families due to contact. This suggests that Chicham had originated further downstream in the Central Amazon region. [2] Vocabulary