Huni Kuin: Yube Baitana
This game was developed together with the Huni Kuin (Kaxinawá) Indians from the Jordan River, in the Amazon, Acre, Brazil, in order to address the culture of the Kaxinawá indigenous people (or Huni Kuin, as they call themselves). It enables an experience of exchanging indigenous knowledge and memories through the language of video games.
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DeveloperBeya Xinã Bena
ReleasedApril 1, 2016
StatusReleased
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About This Game
Two Kaxinawá twins—a young hunter and a young artisan—were conceived in dreams by the anaconda Yube and inherited his powers. Their journey through the game is the process of becoming: the hunter toward the role of healer (Mukaya), the artisan toward mastery of kene, the sacred graphic patterns of their people. Along the way they receive knowledge from ancestors, animals, plants, and forest spirits (yuxin), moving toward what it means to be truly human—Huni Kuin. The game was developed collaboratively with Kaxinawá storytellers, designers, and singers as an act of cultural transmission through the medium of video games.