It’s our land, too: Brazil’s Indigenous peoples make their voices heard

Amid dancing and singing, 200 different Indigenous ethnic groups met at the annual Free Land Camp to demand action on land rights and the environment

A multitude of sounds and tones echoing local chants; vibrant face paints with colours and tracery from the red of the urucum shrub and the black of genipap tree fruit; the strong and coordinated movements of magical dances: the annual Free Land Camp brought Indigenous peoples from across Brazil to its capital earlier this month.

Hitup and Wekanã Pataxó carry a stone that represents a gold nugget during a march in Brasília. Fora Bozo means Out Bolsonaro

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/22/its-our-land-too-brazils-indigenous-peoples-make-their-voice-heard-aoe

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