Yamurikuma

Yamurikuma is a female spirit who represents the ancestral women of the indigenous Wauja people.

The Wauja people are located at South America, in the Upper Xingu River, Brazil.

[1][2] During the gender role reversal, the Xingu women wear traditional attire for men, which consists of feather headwear and anklet ornaments that rattle as they dance.

[1] Throughout the festival they are also expected to participate in various physical activities such as tug of war, races, swimming, archery, and carrying heavy objects like logs.

Overall, the most celebrated activity performed by the Xingu women in the Yamurikuma festival is the huka-huka wrestling matches.

The patient's family can opt out of one-on-one ritual healing with a shaman, and go a different route by seeking help from their community.

[5] These wrestling matches may serve as funeral rituals for the Kuarup ceremonies that celebrate life, death, and rebirth.