Waurá: Mask, Trua.
Waurá: Mask, Trua. Used to invoke ancestor spirits, in order to ensure their benevolence and protectionIn order to obtain full therapeutic efficacy in the case of very serious cases, it is imperative to organize a festival for the apapaatai who caused harm to the patient. In general, these festivals demand the fabrication of various ritual objects, which may comprise masks, flutes, clarinets, manioc diggers, pestles, baskets, pans, arrows, etc. For the Indians, the masks have a dual character: while it is an artifact produced by a common man, are the living figure of the supernatural being that they represent.
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