Jangada

In this follow up to the mondo success Anaconda the explorer Rolf Blomberg travels into Brazils jungle in search of the terrifying Xavante indians The expedition starts at the harbor town Belém at the end of the Amazon river and continues inwards from there In the ghost town Manaus in the middle of the jungle we visit the strange opera house that is depicted in Herzogs Fitzcarraldo On the river island Bananal in Rio Araguaya we meet the indian tribe Carajá and experience their daily life with bow hunting fishing and dance rituals at Rio das Mortes in Mato Grosso we win the friendship of the terrifying Xavante indians After a visit to Rio de Janeiro the expedition continues to the Atlantic coast and Portaleza whose population of fishermen still use a primitive fishing raft jangada for their long and dangerous hunting journeys at sea