Posts tagged "brazil"
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February 12
At first glance, it is not easy to find an obvious connection between uncontacted Indians in the rainforest of north-western Brazil, cheeses such as British Cheddar and French Maroilles, red lipstick and cinema popcorn. What links them all, however, is a tree with pink flowers and heart-shaped leaves: Annatto is the discovery of Amazonian Indians, and another gift from tribal peoples to all humanity. More about Annatto.

At first glance, it is not easy to find an obvious connection between uncontacted Indians in the rainforest of north-western Brazil, cheeses such as British Cheddar and French Maroilles, red lipstick and cinema popcorn.

What links them all, however, is a tree with pink flowers and heart-shaped leaves: Annatto is the discovery of Amazonian Indians, and another gift from tribal peoples to all humanity.

More about Annatto.

16
December 11

Anonymous asked: what do yanomami children do

Yanomami children

Thanks for your question.

Yanomami children play like all children do! They learn to swim at an early age, and so playing in the river is a favourite pastime.

Boys often go hunting with their fathers, and learn the skills they’ll need as an adult. 

As the women are generally responsible for fishing, girls learn how to catch fish with their mothers. They also collect nuts and fruits from the forest, plant vegetables in communal gardens and learn to weave baskets and bags to carry fish and harvested vegetables. 

1
December 11
Marcos Veron was killed in 2003 during an attempt to return to his land. Today, gunmen in Brazil are brazenly intimidating indigenous communities with a hit list of prominent leaders, following the high profile murder of Nísio Gomes last month. Your support is vital for the Guarani’s survival. There are lots of ways you can help. Donate to Survival’s campaign for the Guarani Write to the Brazilian government using Survival’s online letter-writing tool Write to your MP or MEP (UK) or Senators and members of Congress (US). Write to your local Brazilian embassy If you want to get more involved, contact Survival

Marcos Veron was killed in 2003 during an attempt to return to his land. Today, gunmen in Brazil are brazenly intimidating indigenous communities with a hit list of prominent leaders, following the high profile murder of Nísio Gomes last month.

Your support is vital for the Guarani’s survival. There are lots of ways you can help.

22
November 11
14-year-old Geraldo Yanomami making a necklace from porcupine quills, Demini, Brazil.

14-year-old Geraldo Yanomami making a necklace from porcupine quills, Demini, Brazil.

21
November 11
Survival has developing news from Brazil, where masked gunmen have executed an Indian religious leader in front of his community. His last words were to his son Valmir: ‘Don’t leave this place. Take care of this land with courage. This is our land. Nobody will drag you from it. Look after my granddaughters and all the children well. I leave this land in your hands.’ Read more here.

Survival has developing news from Brazil, where masked gunmen have executed an Indian religious leader in front of his community.

His last words were to his son Valmir: ‘Don’t leave this place. Take care of this land with courage. This is our land. Nobody will drag you from it. Look after my granddaughters and all the children well. I leave this land in your hands.’

Read more here.

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November 11
Yanomami children in Demeni, Brazil.

Yanomami children in Demeni, Brazil.

10
November 11
Yanomami pound leaves for Tembó, Demini, Brazil. Today, the World Bank published a study that confirmed indigenous peoples are key to preserving the world’s forests. Read about it here.

Yanomami pound leaves for Tembó, Demini, Brazil.

Today, the World Bank published a study that confirmed indigenous peoples are key to preserving the world’s forests. Read about it here.

1
November 11
"I am the environment.
I was born in the forest,
and I grew up there. I know it well.
Without land and nature, we can’t live, the world can’t work.
You talk of the planet, yet you don’t
think it has a heart and breathes,
but it does.
You talk politics and study on paper.
But we study in the forest and look
carefully. You don’t know our wisdom.
It’s very different.
We understand that all living things have a noreshi - another living being which is born at the exact same time
as yourself.
Your noreshi may be a bird, or a boar, or a deer, or a fish, or an anteater, a
butterfly or any other kind of living plant or animal.
It rests when you rest, it feeds
when you feed, it sings when you sing.
It dies when you die."
- Davi Kopenawa, Yanomami, Brazil
25
October 11

The Awá are one of only two nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes left in Brazil but their forest is dwindling as settlers and cattle ranchers invade.