Chapter 7 RUDá: SHE JUST WANTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL

GREATEST DREAM, AND HE WOULD STILL LISTEN ABOUT HER, GIVES HIS TRAINER A KISS, AND RETURNS HOME VERY SAD, WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES.

WHEN RUDÁ WAS FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE, HIS PARENTS MADE A CORN CAKE, AND TAKE IT TO CELEBRATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER WORKERS, EVERYONE LIKED THE YOUNG RUDÁ A LOT.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CELEBRATION, HIS MOTHER, MADAM JUMANI, HAD STRONG PAIN IN THE CHEST, AND I HAVE DECEASED ON THE SITE, SHE HAD A FULMINATING HEART.

A WORKER SAID, EVERYONE WAS IN SHOCK SEEING MADAME JUMANI, GIVING THE LAST SIGH, AND SMILING, SHE SAID SOMETHING IN THE KARIPUNA LANGUAGE TO RUDÁ, THAT ONLY SHE AND FATHER PATAMU UNDERSTOOD.

SHE WAS HUGGING HER MOTHER, HER FATHER PATAMU TAKEN THE WOMAN'S BODY, PUT IT ON A BOAT, CROSSED THE OIAPOQUE RIVER, AND TOGETHER WITH THE DAUGHTER RUDÁ THEY ENTERED THE FOREST, STAYED THREE DAYS, MAKING THE FUNEBRE RITUAL.

THEY BURNED JUMANI'S BODY AND THEY DROPPED THE ASH THROUGHOUT THE FOREST, ON THE OIAPOQUE RIVER. THEY BELIEVED THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD BECAME GUARDIANS OF THE FOREST AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN IT.

THEY RETURNED TO THEIR LIVES, HAVING