Elieziu Marubo

And we really enjoy tapir meat. So we hunt tapirs, because tapir meat is the best, the most nutritious.

And we really enjoy tapir meat. So we hunt tapirs, because tapir meat is the best, the most nutritious.

Then we start talking about how people are starting to go hungry because many animals that were the basis of our diet no longer exist. So we no longer have that food safety. We have to readapt our food needs. There are regions where indigenous people lost 100% of their territory.

Then we start talking about how people are starting to go hungry because many animals that were the basis of our diet no longer exist. So we no longer have that food safety. We have to readapt our food needs. There are regions where indigenous people lost 100% of their territory.

They're just a year apart, so our daughters became friends. So we ended up doing things together because they wanted to be together. We started to do things like friends.

They're just a year apart, so our daughters became friends. So we ended up doing things together because they wanted to be together. We started to do things like friends.

We'd always say he was very similar to us. We'd say, boy, how can it be that you're so similar? His thinking was very similar to ours, so we got along very well because of that.

We'd always say he was very similar to us. We'd say, boy, how can it be that you're so similar? His thinking was very similar to ours, so we got along very well because of that.

It's a very special place for me. I really liked playing in the river. I'd go to the river and spend hours on end. I also went out with the elderly women, who generally don't like to take boys or men with them when they go do their activities. But they made an exception with me and said, let's go, I'll take you or your brother.

It's a very special place for me. I really liked playing in the river. I'd go to the river and spend hours on end. I also went out with the elderly women, who generally don't like to take boys or men with them when they go do their activities. But they made an exception with me and said, let's go, I'll take you or your brother.

And we tried to play ball. My dad hated it. He said it was a white man's thing, a white thing. But we played there on this little field. So I learned to shoot a bow and arrow to imitate things from the adult world. And at night, everyone, a bunch of naked boys, we'd run to the river and jump from the riverbank into the water.

And we tried to play ball. My dad hated it. He said it was a white man's thing, a white thing. But we played there on this little field. So I learned to shoot a bow and arrow to imitate things from the adult world. And at night, everyone, a bunch of naked boys, we'd run to the river and jump from the riverbank into the water.

and bathe until about 6 o'clock, when our mothers would come and say, come on out, threatening to punish us, and we'd run into the big hut because we knew that the elders there would protect us. When we got there, there was food, so we had dinner, ate, and played, and got dirty again, until our mothers took us to the river again for a last bath. I really liked it when there was a full moon.

and bathe until about 6 o'clock, when our mothers would come and say, come on out, threatening to punish us, and we'd run into the big hut because we knew that the elders there would protect us. When we got there, there was food, so we had dinner, ate, and played, and got dirty again, until our mothers took us to the river again for a last bath. I really liked it when there was a full moon.

We laid down on the hammocks, one next to each other, me, my brothers and sisters, and we'd talk about things and make fun of each other or laugh at something silly someone did during the day. We would talk and talk until we got sleepy. The next day started very early. We woke up around 3 a.m., already playing, doing mischief, doing loads of things.

We laid down on the hammocks, one next to each other, me, my brothers and sisters, and we'd talk about things and make fun of each other or laugh at something silly someone did during the day. We would talk and talk until we got sleepy. The next day started very early. We woke up around 3 a.m., already playing, doing mischief, doing loads of things.

When the child is born, the father or the men say, this one is going to be such and such. So I was born with this purpose, to do politics and to defend the territory. So when I was 16 years old, one day they called me to go to the main hut for a conversation. I got there, my grandfather said it was necessary for me to go to the city.

When the child is born, the father or the men say, this one is going to be such and such. So I was born with this purpose, to do politics and to defend the territory. So when I was 16 years old, one day they called me to go to the main hut for a conversation. I got there, my grandfather said it was necessary for me to go to the city.

I would learn to speak Portuguese, I'd get to know money, everything. My journey started there.

I would learn to speak Portuguese, I'd get to know money, everything. My journey started there.