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They are a proud people because they found ways to protect their knowledge
after so many years of indigenous people massive destruction politics.
They alredy know their original language, their culure;
they have their lands and their spirit.
>Indigenous Meeting at Betioga city.
The Xavante People live on the Mato Grosso State from Brazil.
Population about 9.602, in 2000.
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Expressão pensativa ...
Linda foto!
Essa série está excelente.
Acho que já te dei os parabéns, mas dou de
novo: Parabéns!
:)
Posted 39 months ago.
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awesome ..great shot
Posted 39 months ago.
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Bela causa!! Penaq alguns não são mais tão
inocentes. Andam de mitsubish e tem telefone
via satélite. Convenhamos a terra é deles.
Chegamos depois. Tenho muita vontade de
fotografar esse assunto, delicado...belas
fotos!!
Posted 39 months ago.
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Esta é realmente uma questão muito delicada
para ser discutida assim, mas não vejo nenhum
problema em um índio usar um carro mitsubish
ou telefone via satélite... porque eles não
deveriam? Só fazendeiro que pode?
Claro que para nós, "civilizados" é muito
mais agradável imaginar o índio na aldeia,
protegido culturalmente e ambientalmente.
Seria lindo se fosse possível, mas o fato é
que já não é mais. Não dá pra gente querer
que um Guarani morando na Boracéia, no
litoral paulista, vá viver em isolamento. Não
é real.
Sendo em parte descendente de Xavantes
também me sinto mal ao imaginar que se eu
fosse uma Xavante pura, de pai e mãe, nascida
na aldeia, eu não teria os mesmos direitos
como cidadã brasileira. Precisaria de
autorização para ir e vir, e 'brancos' me
dizendo se eu posso ou não ter um celular,
uma marca de carro ou quanto de dinheiro.
Ahh, não sei não, já pensei assim, mas
depois que fui para as aldeias, algo mudou em
mim. Me ví frente às dificuldades que eles
passam por causa justamente desse isolamento
que a gente achava bonito e inocente.
Posted 39 months ago.
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Jozé de Abreu [deleted] says:
Tatiana na veia!
Força e sensibilidade.
Posted 39 months ago.
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Hi Tatiana, wonderful series, every picture
is so powerful!
I just wanted to let you know that a major
dutch newspaper ran a big article yesterday
about the police killing those 29 people in
Rio de Janeiro... so maybe the world is starting to pay attention...
Posted 39 months ago.
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Oie tati... eu também estava lá...
No meu flickr não tenho fotos de Bertioga
pois ele é novo, mas no fotolog
(www.fotolog.net/fredcasagrande) tem algumas.
A festa foi ótima, pena eu não ter ido
todos os dias como queria.
bjo!
Posted 39 months ago.
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Dear Fleur (Luminuscule),
Those killings in Rio are everyday
happenings in Brazil. Maybe not in such a
"grand" scale as individual actions, but
accumulated they reach such numbers and
create havoc and dispair to those poor family
members who are left behind to cope with the
sorrows of losing their beloved ones.
Please do read the story of one such killing , which has affected our circle of friends in
such a sad way.
Gregory - The Hummingbird Project (Projeto Beija-Flor)
Posted 39 months ago.
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Commenting on some of the above reflections
(made in Portuguese):
Once you destroy the balance in nature it
is only natural that life, in whatever form,
will hang on to whatever conditions are
available in any attempt to survive.
The white man has destroyed the balance in
nature for most living beings, including most
of the indigenous peoples of our planet. But
we just keep on destroying our only real
hopes of survival, our very planet, with our
greediness and our egoism.
I'm quite sure there is nothing wrong with
an Indian chosing to survive under whatever
conditions the white man has left him to
struggle under, as long as his choice is a
dignified one. If he has chosen to survive
with his honestly purchased Mitsubishi and
cellphone, that's his right as a human being.
But I certainly don't believe it would have
been his choice if we hadn't first upset the
balance of his nature. The white man will
have many delicate choices to make in the
future, concerning his own attempts for
survival on the damaged planet he himself
created. Some of those choices will not be
easy as he is far from prepared to cope with
his own damage.
I think the Brazilian Indian from the
Amazon Basin, Evaristo Nugkuag, sums it up
well in his following statement:
"If you are willing to know what development
means to us, you must be willing to accept
that our mode of development is not the same
as yours. Our development is not based on
accumulation of material goods, nor on the
greatest rates of profit, obtained at the
expense of our territories and future
generations… For us, development means taking
into account the future of an entire people."
Gregory - The Hummingbird Project (Projeto Beija-Flor)
Posted 39 months ago.
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I agree with you Greg, in all those thoughts.
Thanks for writing here with your great
voice.
Also thank you very much for the work you have been doing
with the kids and my photos.
I'm so proud of this :)
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A very powerful image.
Posted 39 months ago.
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I have noticed most of the photos in this
series seem to have an almost dark metallic
look to them. is there something you use or
do to have this effect?
Posted 39 months ago.
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nah, nothing that i know. I was using
negative film, 800 and 1600 ISO, and no
flash. Maybe the white light on the place?
Posted 39 months ago.
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vc travou a foto com o comentário e agora não
dá pra apagar acho. Veja aí! Foi mal mesmo...
Posted 39 months ago.
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hahaha, que bagunça nós fizemos Ale!
já consegui deletar aqui :)
Posted 39 months ago.
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Ifiallig [deleted] says:
My most agreeable thoughts of these proud
people!
You are right Tati and Greg,
I’d rather live simple, culturally
protected and dignified.
Rather than, to be victim of self-interest
development and destructive politics.
And my heart goes to the tribe people who
know what the meaning of dignity, labour and
life is,
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