Aruana

20 June 2 Permalink

crossing the Araguaia

10 June 10 Permalink

young Karajá men at Rio de Janeiro’s Museu do Índio

27 April 6 Permalink

Ipanema with Juanahu Karajá and his daughters Malawiru and Herenaki

Rio de Janeiro . Brazil

21 April 15 Permalink

Iwraru Karajá at the Pão de Açúcar (the “Sugarloaf”) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

after our visit to the Karajá villages in Ilha do Bananal, an island on the Araguaia river in Tocantins (central Brazil), the Karajá people came to visit us in Rio de Janeiro. the Museu do Índio invited 27 Karajás, or Iny, as they call themselves, to participate in the “Dia do Índio” celebrations, on April 19th, the day to honor Brazil’s native cultures.

my mother is the curator of the current exhibition at Museu do Índio, on Karajá art and culture. besides photographing these beautiful people in the wonderful Araguaia, i’ve also had the honor of taking the Karajás around Rio de Janeiro during the ten days they are here visiting. yesterday we went to Pão de Açucar and Copacabana beach and had an awesome time!

19 April 11 Permalink

Karajá girl of Fontoura village

Ilha do Bananal . Araguaia . Tocantins . Brazil

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Karajá girl

20 March 50 Permalink

the beautiful Karajá men of Fontoura, chanting and dancing on their way to the Araguaia riverbanks.  they go to welcome the people of Hawalò village, who will come to participate in the Hetohokã festival - the Karajá boys’ rite of passage into adulthood.

19 March 14 Permalink

“all good things are wild, and free.”

- Henry David Thoreau

:: Araguaia river . Tocantins . Brazil

19 March 11 Permalink

young Karajá girl

Batoiry village (Fontoura) . Ilha do Bananal

Araguaia . Tocantins. Brazil

18 March 43 Permalink

Karajá boy

Batoiry village . Ilha do Bananal

Tocantins . Brazil

18 March 10 Permalink

Karajá girl

Aldeia Batoiry (Fontoura) . Ilha do Bananal

Tocantins . Brazil

17 March 11 Permalink