Category: People
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Reverence to the Brazil Nut Tree
Respected packaging Fruit of the Brazil Nut Tree (Bertholletia excelsa) Opening a Brazil nut pod is an arduous undertaking for those who are not used to it. The caboclo does this very naturally, holding the pod in his hand and, in general, with only three blows with a machete, the tenacious bark open.
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Children from another era
Yanomami Reserve, Serra dos Surucucus, in Roraima. Children from another era, heirs of an eco-literate civilization, with higher education for all. It is not about praising a people out of pure ideology or ancestral guilt, but simply recognizing in that people what our people have forgotten: the ability to acknowledge, respect, and care for our…
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Children to care
Ships carrying mountains Children play carefree by the Amazon River waterfront in Macapá. Ships on the horizon have arrived from afar to load the minerals extracted from the region, they carry entire mountains, the mountains that will be missing for those children, yes, they are taking the children’s mountains (as Airton Krenak would say)…
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I am from river…
When referring to his homeland, he does not say that he was born in such a city, but in such a river: ‘I am from Juruá!
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Meeting of giants
A regional boat crosses the Meeting of the Waters, near Manaus. Negro river (dark water) meets the Solimoes river (yellowish water)
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Way of light
Essential and reduced to a minimum, the canoe hull requires a skill acquired since childhood, playing and naturally learning
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The soul of the fish
The riverside fisherman knows the laws of physics, but in a different way from how they are taught in schools…
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Woman in charge
In the white waters of the Solimões River, the riverside woman rolls up, steering the boat by the bow.
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Total trust
It is recognized that Amazon River Dolphins change their behavior in the presence of children and pregnant women
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A tree and a rope
This is dangerous, irresponsible and useless, and, worse still, subjects the child to the risk of an accident. Is it really?
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In the kapok shade
It’s the month of April and the water is already on the pillars of the blockhouse. The kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) also feels the tickle
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Classroom
How about this classroom? Mounted on the Filhote, a young samaumeira, near a jungle hotel, the table was
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Princess
From my balcony overlooking the forest, I am greeted by the sight of the majestic tree, a 180-feet-tall iron tree (Dinizia excelsa).
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Shool day
In Paraná do Ariaú, it’s just another day. The father is already at work, the boys go to school, and this is the house where the family lives.
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Water Paths
In the floating village of Cacau Pereira, water is present in everyday life, at the doorstep, below and all around. This same water,
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Bug reputation
The Jequitiranaboia or peanut head bug (Fulgura laternaria) suffers from a terrible reputation: they say it has poison, brings bad luck, and many
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Talking butterfly
The monarch butterfly has a very singular characteristic: long migratory journeys take them thousands of kilometers from their birthplace
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Jute planter
Jute (Corchorus capsularis) is a vegetable textile fiber that comes from the Tilioideae family. It was brought from India in 1930 by
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Dona Maria
Dona Maria is the matriarch who keeps the family united. Originally from the Juruá River, they migrated towards Manaus with only their will
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Domesticating a tree
Domesticating a tree does not in any way tame or change the nature of that living being. Domestication refers only to the conditions that
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Special night
The kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) was in bloom, and I had had my fill of photographs during the day.
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Child in the tree
Child and tree are two entities that generate benevolence, either on the one hand or on the other.
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Moriche palm boat
On a lost beach between Barcelos and Moura, where there is a lower population densities on the planet, the riverside man builds…
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Riverside children
Riverside children have everything to be happy. I saw this happiness in the most isolated communities, I also saw how, as the community
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My friend the dolphin!
The outstretched hand is the clear sign of communication beyond human words.
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River paths
The regional boat goes down the left bank of the Solimões river with white waters, it will soon find the paraná that will take it to the Negro river.
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Poet’s orchid
The wooer came, adding more wonders. Yes, the courtier comes to flower to perfume himself, as this is part of his mating ritual.
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Living nature
Pachamamita teaches much more than the Ministry of Education, effortlessly, without funds and budgets other than
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Extraterrestrial visit
Everything indicates that it is an extra-terrestrial, who came to visit our world bringing a message of peace.
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Little masters
Do I need to compare with other toys? I mean other toys that are taken for granted, disregarded toys that clog