Tumuc-Humac
Antropologia

Tumuc-Humac


The flight from Macapá International Airport to the Mission Village, in the Tumuc-Humac Indigenous Land. This is the only (and expensive) way to arrive there... The Paroo Savanna is surrounded by a dense and large belt of rainforest.







The Mission Village: the bridge over troubled waters and the jambo flowers covering the plaza of the Mission.










































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- Press Releases By Indigenous Leaders On The Implications Of The Belo Monte Dam
LETTER TO THE PRESS FROM MEGARON TXUKARRAMãE We, the leaders and warriors of our movement, are here in Piaraçu and we will remain here, continuing our blockade of the ferry across the Xingú River so long as President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva continues...

- Rediscovering Pottery
Pottery is no longer made among the peoples of the Paroo Savanna. The native teachers (mostly 20-30 years old) didn't remember to have watched pottery making. We invited a old woman, who got very happy to be able to teach the team. We got two kinds...

- Tumuc-humac
The last day in the Mission village. ...

- Tumuc-humac
In the Mission village, with the katxuyana chief Honório and the Mission priests: frei Protásio and frei António. ...

- Tumuc-humac
Working with the indigenous teachers: starting archaeology. General concepts, archaeology in the Tumuc-Humac, basic research techniques (including mapping with the use of GPS). ...



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