Edmund Bielawski
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Edmund Bielawski
(or Edmundo Bielawski) was a Polish
-Brazil
ian explorer and documentary
film maker. In 1961 during an expedition to American Cordillera
, searching for the beginning of the Amazon River
, he captured footage of the human headshrinking
rituals
by the Shuar people. He also made a film about the Amazon River (Bezkresne horyzonty Amazonii).
Bielawski
Bielawski is the surname of a Polish noble family originating from Bielawa, Poland, Masovian Voivodeship. In fact, the Polish surname Bielawski means a nobleman from Bielawa. This noble family was listed in Boniecki in the Clan Jelita...
(or Edmundo Bielawski) was a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
-Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian explorer and documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
film maker. In 1961 during an expedition to American Cordillera
American cordillera
The American Cordillera is a cordillera that consists of an essentially continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America and Antarctica. From north to south, this sequence of overlapping and parallel ranges begins with the...
, searching for the beginning of the Amazon River
Amazon River
The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
, he captured footage of the human headshrinking
Shrunken head
A shrunken head is a severed and specially prepared human head that is used for trophy, ritual, or trade purposes.Headhunting occurred in many regions of the world. But the practice of headshrinking has only ever been recorded in the northwestern region of the Amazon rain forest...
rituals
Ritual
A ritual is a set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value. It may be prescribed by a religion or by the traditions of a community. The term usually excludes actions which are arbitrarily chosen by the performers....
by the Shuar people. He also made a film about the Amazon River (Bezkresne horyzonty Amazonii).