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| Yawalapiti youth chief Anuia (front) leads a dance in the Xingu National Park in Brazil. The Yawalapiti are an indigenous tribe in Brazil’s Amazonian Basin. They speak the languages Yawalapiti, Kuikuro and Kamaiura. In August, the Yawalapiti tribe will hold the Quarup, which is a ritual held over several days to honour in death a person of great importance to them. This year the Quarup will be honouring two peopleŅa Yawalapiti Indian who they consider a great leader, and Darcy Ribeiro, a well-known author, anthropologist and politician known for focusing on the relationship between native peoples and education in Brazil. A look at the everyday life of the Yawalapiti tribe. Photos by Reuters |
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| An aerial view of the Yawalapiti village is seen in the Xingu National Park in Brazil. |
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| A Yawalapiti boy poses with a camera in the Xingu National Park in Brazil. |
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| A Yawalapiti boy jumps into the Xingu River in the Xingu National Park in Brazil. |
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| Yawalapiti tribe children attempt to spear fish in the Xingu National Park in Brazil. |
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| Yawalapiti children play over the Xingu River in the Xingu National Park in Brazil. |
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| Yawalapiti men wrestle in the Xingu National Park in Brazil. |
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| A Yawalapiti man uses branches from the timbo plant to spread natural toxins to paralyse fish and capture them by hand in the Xingu National Park in Brazil. |
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| Yawalapiti tribe members catch fish in the Xingu National Park in Brazil. |
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| Yawalapiti men play the urua bamboo flute in the Xingu National Park in Brazil. |
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