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Interview —

ReXistence —

“White people, your world makes me very sad”

In this interview, Ehuana Yaira talks about the indivisible relationship between the Forest and the female body. The Yanomami artist and writer was the first member of her people to give a public talk in Europe, as part of the series “Rainforest is Female,” held at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona

Planet in Collapse —

The river in my village turned green – I was horrified to discover why

In the Xipaya Indigenous Territory, the Iriri River is suffering the effects of climate change, as its waters change color and its fish die. We Indigenous people are living in a time of uncertainty

Thought Seeding —

Die a little each day

While the forests of the outside world face a growing risk of desertification, our symbolic forests, the habitat of the mental creatures who populate the individual and collective unconscious, are turning to deserts before our eyes

Journalism from the center of the world

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‘I’m taking my vital image back,’ jokes Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa

Claudia Antunes ,

Ana Maria Machado ,

Lela Beltrão (photos) ,

Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro ,

5 March 2024

This is a story of Afro-Indigenous diplomacy and unity, when thirteen Indigenous people met the Afro-Brazilian community of Salgueiro during this year’s Carnival parade, which denounced the genocide of the Yanomami ethnic group and exalted Indigenous Brazil

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Carnival 2024: Salgueiro shows the pain and the beauty of being Yanomami

Claudia Antunes ,

Lela Beltrão (photos) ,

Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro ,

12 February 2024

For leader and shaman Davi Kopenawa, the parade theme brought to Rio's Sambadrome in the middle of the night on February 12 symbolizes an alliance between Indigenous and Black people to demand 'respect'

Our Voice —

Carnival 2024: a center-to-center connection

Eliane Brum ,

Xingu River, Altamira, the Amazon ,

1 February 2024

Genocide and catharsis meet in the alliance between the urban community of Salgueiro and the Yanomami forest

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Understanding the Yanomami in Salgueiro’s samba school parade

Ana Maria Machado ,

Porto Seguro, Bahia ,

Claudia Antunes ,

Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro ,

30 January 2024

A glossary to introduce our readers to the extraordinary world of a people who are fighting genocide while holding up the sky

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Carnival 2024: Afro-Brazil and the Indigenous Amazon meet up at this year’s parade

Claudia Antunes ,

Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro ,

30 January 2024

In developing its carnival theme, the Salgueiro samba school drew on the knowledge of Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa, whose visit to the Rio de Janeiro community forged a bridge between favela and forest, reviving the transgressive power of Brazil's most popular festival

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