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    Children from Quilombo Tiririca dos Crioulos. Living on a land without legal guarantees of ownership, these people survive by farming and ranching family in the semi-arid region of Pernambuco state, northeastern Brazil. Today spend the biggest period of drought in the last 30 years and live almost exclusively on government assistance. Meanwhile, the Brazilian National Congress, composed mostly of landowners and evangelicals, want to change the Constitution and take to himself the power of demarcation of indigenous lands and quilombolas (ex-slave), now exercised by the Government.: by ericgomes, Views[1081]
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         		 Appearing 80 years old and not remembering your age, Dona Joaquina is a source of traditional wisdom and positive energy. Folk healers and midwives respected by his people today do not realize many parturitions, the most recent was two years ago with the birth of her granddaughter: village women prefer caesarean deliveries in hospitals. Without an apprentice, this knowledge will be lost.: by ericgomes, Views[854]
         		 Jurema Sagrada, religious ritual in the Tririca dos Crioulos. During slavery time in Brazil, blacks who managed to escape formed communities called Quilombo. In the Serra do Arapuá, has formed the Quilombo Tiririca dos Crioulos. In the 1940s a black man named Manoel Madeiro, married the Indian Isaura and were living in the Tririca dos Crioulos. Thus, has begun a mix of races that resulted in this Indigenous-Quilombo in which worships the Jurema Sagrada and Toré (Indian tradition) and religions from Africa.: by ericgomes, Views[1827]
         		 Shaman Pankará João Miguel. The Serra do Arapuá is a mountain traditionally occupied by people Pankará. They had their recognition as indigenous people by the Brazilian government in 1940, but even today they are not the owners of their traditional lands. While the regularization process has dragged on for decades, they are obligated to a not always peaceful coexistence with farmers invaders.: by ericgomes, Views[1131]
     
    Local children play as adults try to control the fire.: by caroldegoes, Views[411]
         		 Locals do their best at keeping the fire away from their homes, using garden hoses and buckets.: by caroldegoes, Views[363]
         		 A local dweller watches as the fire eats away rapidly at the grasslands.: by caroldegoes, Views[433]
         		 In 2010, there were 8 major fires in Distrito Federal, this one bordering the National Park of Brasilia.: by caroldegoes, Views[408]
         		 Forest fires are common during the extended drought period in the Midwest of Brazil.: by caroldegoes, Views[404]
     
    It's clear why Christ chose to watch over Rio—a city in need of a North Star.: by emiliab9291, Views[350]
         		 A mansion is silhouetted by a mountainside of ghettos.: by emiliab9291, Views[361]
         		 Beyond the mountains cradling the city’s posh center lies sprawling poverty.: by emiliab9291, Views[450]
         		 But for Brazilians living in favelas, life is more of a struggle than a samba.: by emiliab9291, Views[355]
         		 Rio de Janeiro is a throbbing city—alive with music, noise, culture and beauty. : by emiliab9291, Views[584]
     
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