Résumé

Back in the 90s the women of the Marubo indigenous tribe donated to CIMI a pot made with their own hands. Big enough for 200 liters of ayahuasca, a brew of various plant infusions used in rituals and as traditional medicine.
In order to finance a documentary to highlight the situation of different indigenous peoples in the Amazon CIMI decided to do a raffle, with this pot as the prize. Each ticket would be sold for R$ 30. CIMI expected to raise R$ 3.000.
The large pot - of great artistic and anthropological value - was taken to a public square in the city center for people to admire its beauty and buy raffle tickets. One of the passers-by was a professor and anthropologist, who was so interested in possessing what she considered to be a masterpiece of great cultural value that she bought all the remaining raffle tickets and ended up receiving the pot. All in all CIMI raised an amount of R$ 3.500 and was well pleased that this handicraft would be so well taken care of and exposed at the University museum.
The aim of the documentary was to inform civil society in general about the conflicts (territory, human rights violations, etc.) that these indigenous peoples are facing and support them. In addition, call upon the government to be more active in securing their territory, thus assuring their survival. CIMI therefore had the double goal of raising funds and raising awareness.