I sometimes have difficulty coming to terms with the modern world’s culture and often ask myself what is it really all worth for the next generation. What kind of world is it that we honestly desire for our children? Are we really conscience of the choices we make and of the consequences of our decision making for future generations? … Read more”
Children At Risk Foundation
Brazil
“Storytelling plays an important role in the oral tradition of the Guarani Mbyá Indians and the preservation of their native culture. 10-year old Jeguaká Mirim is one such storyteller…
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Papua New Guinea
“Every year at Mount Hagen, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, the biggest reunion of tribes in the world takes place. In a region where the first white man was seen in 1930, traditions are still strong, and the pride of the tribes takes precedence over modernity…”
Eric Lafforgue
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Mexico
An Aztec in a community near Mexico City.
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Easter Island
A man from a Polynesian Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
Ujay
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Ethiopia
This kid is from the village of Turgit, in Surma/Suri territory, in the south of Ethiopia, near the Sudanese border. The access is far from Addis Ababa, but once in the village you can share the real life of the Surma/Suri tribe. Surma people are famous for the Donga stick fighting, but in the daily life, they are much more cool and welcoming than the tribes from the other side of the Omo river, like the Mursi.
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Brazil
”Paixão is an ancient of the Xavante Tribe, my ancestors.
I met him two years ago, when he made a traditional Xavante knot for me.
The knot stayed until last december, when I was in Amazon, and it has gone with the Tapajós river. And so, I asked him to make a new one, because wearing it became something special, making me remeber frequently about where I came from, and what I’m doing.
Here, Paixão was demonstrating a traditional play they do with kids on the tribe, with a story about their myths, where he was painted and moving as a jaguar.
The jaguar gave the fire to the Xavante People. They tells the story that in some point the jaguar spirit scares the people, dancing around the children. I was kneeling on the sand, and he started to dance for me, as I was his kid.
One of the most special moments of my life, and my favorite picture.” - Tatiana Cardeal
Copyright © 2007 Tatiana Cardeal
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Brazil
The picture was taken at the Indigenous Meeting at Betioga city.
Bororo population was about 1,024 (in 1997), and they are living in the state of Mato Grosso.
“The term Bororo means, in the native tongue, ‘village court’. Not by coincidence, the traditional circular distribution of the houses make of the court the village center and the ritual space for this people, which is characterized by a complex social organization and a rich ceremonial life.”
Paulo Serpa, at ISA (Instituto Socioambiental)
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Brazil
VII Indigenous National Festival, Bertioga.
Yudjá, also called as Juruna people, portray themselves as the prototype of humanity, as canoeists and beer makers. Part of the Yudjá’s cosmological knowledge and ritual life rests on the crucial role of shamans; however, since the 1980s, they have had no more shamans.
He worn a crucifix, and so many things have changed in his culture.
More Yudjá People info.
* When he posed for me, I though about a guardian spirit, and I couldn’t understand.
Later, I saw him recording the songs of the festival.
Shall he be a song guardian.
© 2007 Tatiana Cardeal
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