Category: Caboclo

  • Natural calendar

    Natural calendar

    Maybe the riverside people’s feelings are not enchanted by that spectacle, as I am.

  • I am from river…

    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!

  • Meeting of giants

    Meeting of giants

    A regional boat crosses the Meeting of the Waters, near Manaus. Negro river (dark water) meets the Solimoes river (yellowish water)

  • Way of light

    Way of light

    Essential and reduced to a minimum, the canoe hull requires a skill acquired since childhood, playing and naturally learning

  • The soul of the fish

    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…

  • Woman in charge

    Woman in charge

    In the white waters of the Solimões River, the riverside woman rolls up, steering the boat by the bow.

  • The riverine landscape

    The riverine landscape

    On the edge of Lake Piranha, the river dweller collects his fishing net in a breathtaking landscape. Breathtaking for whom?

  • In the kapok shade

    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

  • Shool day

    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.

  • Water Paths

    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,

  • Jute planter

    Jute planter

    Jute (Corchorus capsularis) is a vegetable textile fiber that comes from the Tilioideae family. It was brought from India in 1930 by

  • Dona Maria

    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

  • Moriche palm boat

    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…

  • Riverside children

    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

  • River paths

    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.

  • Fruit and fish

    Fruit and fish

    On the right bank of the Amazon River, from afar, the riverside canoes showed their great photographic potential.

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