#kayapo

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Members of the Kayapo tribe in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Photographed by Martin Schoeller.

Scanned from the January 2014 volume of National Geographic Magazine.

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A estrela Angelina Jolie foi vista nesta quarta (2/4) em uma aldeia indígena no Parque Nacional do Xingu, no Mato Grosso, ao lado do cacique Raoni Metuktire, uma das maiores lideranças do povo Kayapó. Ela participou de cerimônias e recebeu pinturas tradicionais dos povos originários.

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Kayapo elders, Brazil, by Dado Galdieri

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Brasília, Brazil: An Indigenous woman from the Kayapo tribe surveys the Terra Livre protest camp, which aims to defend Indigenous land and cultural rights threatened by the rightwing government of Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro

Photograph: Adriano Machado/Reuters

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Kayapó body paint, Chapada dos Veadeiros, Brazil, 2014

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PRECIOSIDADES KAYAPÓ NA LOJA Atendendo a pedidos, reunimos uma coleção de tecidos com grafismos Kayapó e lindas capas de almofada para os clientes da nossa loja virtual Habitantes do sudoeste do estado do Pará, os Kayapó (autodenominação “Mebegôkré” – povo do olho d’água) tem sua produção passada de geração em geração com base nas trocas com a floresta e formas de vida. De suas preciosas mãos saem tecidos com pinturas, cestarias, máscaras, colares, pulseiras, bolsas, flechas, arcos, entre outros. Tradicionalmente, são as mulheres da etnia que se dedicam a riscar traços precisos e geométricos inspirados nos animais, plantas e em formas do inconsciente, fazendo com que os grafismos sejam aplicados de modo a cobrir toda a extensão da peça. As fotos feitas pelo Kabu mostram o processo de confecção das pinturas em lonas de algodão que promovem a cultura dos povos. Ficam lindas emolduradas ou montadas como almofadas, dando um toque sofisticado ao ambiente através das linhas, padrões e variações. Deslumbrantes! Os tecidos e as capas de almofadas estão disponíveis na nossa loja virtual. Acesse já e garanta o seu! loja.novosparanos.com.br LINK NA BIO #novosparanos #kayapo #arteindigena #artebrasileira #para #brasil https://www.instagram.com/p/CjLBB_xOOp5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Brazil’s Kayapo people rejected money from dam-building companies. “We have decided that we do not want a single penny of your dirty money… Our river does not have a price, our fish that we eat does not have a price, and the happiness of our grandchildren does not have a price.”  

Photo :  © Wilfred Paulse / Flickr 

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The Kayapó Community of Brazil needs support during COVID

This fundraising campaign is the product of the collaboration with the organizational face of the Kayapó indigenous community in Brazil, The Raoni Institute (RI).

The RI is an autonomous indigenous organization that represents 18 villages located in the south-eastern border of the Amazon rainforest. It brings together the efforts of five different indigenous communities; Kayapó, Trumai, Juruna, Panará, and Tapayuna ethnicities.

The RI calls for financial support to help relief and prevent the threat that the COVID-19 pandemic represents for the community. This effort ensures the continuation of the protection of the Amazon rainforest and the survival of the Kayapó people.

According to the Articulation of Indigenous People’s of Brazil (APIB), 9.1% of indigenous COVID-19 cases are fatal. This is nearly double the 5.2% rate of the general Brazilian population. 

Food security and hygiene can allow the community to adapt their normally collaborative community way of living and prevent the further spread of the virus.

Economic resources will be utilised to help buy basic food items and hygiene products to enable more accessible self-isolation circumstances during the ongoing spread of the virus. And prevent further contagion and stop the movement outside of the village.

The systemic racism that indigenous people face, prevents them from accurate medical equipment. About 21,000 indigenous people have contracted COVID-19 in brazil, and 618 have now lost their lives (Note: this number was in August 2020, and likely has climbed).

As of December 2020, they are at £1,931 raised of £9,000 goal, or $2,583.26 USD out of 12,040.06 USD!