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    After her husband died, Da Silva returned to her hometown to search for her family. The only person who was still alive was her brother, Francisco, which goes once in a month to help his sister with her house. “I love her and it took a long time to understand why she decided to leave her family to the backlands: it was because of love. When she came back asking for help I couldn’t do anything but help. She’s all I have left.” – he says. by: anacarolinedelima Views[858] “Every day he picked up his hat, said a little pray to Virgin Mary and kissed me on the forehead before walking into the savannah” – says Da Silva, remembering her husband’s routine with tears in her eyes. He died a year ago after suffering a heart attack while exploring the backlands in search for new pastures for their cattle. “He used to come back home before dawn. It has been like that for forty years. So the day he didn’t came back, I knew something bad has happened.”, she says. He was found the other day, still alive. She tried to bring him home but she didn’t has the strength to drag him. He has two more hear attacks and died in her arms. She stills keep his hat at the same place he used to keep: by the wall, close to the querosene lamp by: anacarolinedelima Views[884] When you live in a dry region as the backlands, having a river in your backyard is like winning the lottery. The stream Da Silva collects water from is not exactly at her backyard - specially because she doesn’t have a backyard per se – but 20 minutes away from her home. When the sun is about to set, she goest to the stream to collect the last bucket of water, so she can be sure she won’t need it during the night. by: anacarolinedelima Views[904] Can you picture yourself living in a place where the nearest neighbour lives 15km away from you? Neither did Da Silva, until her husband asked her to live in the Brazilian hinterlands, also know as Sertão. Suddenly she saw herself leaving her hometown in the north of Minas Gerais, Brazil, to a complete isolated place. They build their home with bricks made of anthill sand and collected water from a stream nearby. And despite the fact there was no electricity or sanitation, they were doing fine until a one day, when both faced the biggest fear of living isolated brings: sickness. After having successive heart attacks in a week, Da Silva husband passed away. The only way Da Silva found not to drown in depression was to start working as a nanny for her ‘closest’ neighbours. This is how she met Bruna, the milkman’s daughter. Bruna’s mother worked as a planter and couldn’t take care of her daughter until the night comes. This is when Da Silva met Bruna, when she was only two years old. Eight years has passed and Bruna calls Da Silva granny while hugging her by the woman’s house. by: anacarolinedelima Views[769] It all began on 31 June with a gathering of 14 people on the Island of parts. Overnight organize the food that we would eat and load during the next 15 days, and also the clothes that we raised to be donated to the traditional community during the trip. We got to the paradise and desert island of Bananas. Unloading the luggage we had another surprise: everything was wet. Our lodge in a cave, made fire and Renato presented in the script of the trip. We made a circle and talked, each was given a new name, dined and slept inside the cave. From there it would be so cold bath, toilets rare, little comfort, but very challenging and learning. Almost always paddled endlessly until the doors of a community hidden in the mangroves or the arms of a river, in the woods or on top of a hill. The canoe trip requires one of the integral absolute detachment. The hours of rowing varied independently of weather conditions (sun, rain, cold or wind) or the human condition, sometimes felt hungry, some people got sick and tired took care of us all. by: wanderlustmind Views[762]
     
    It was amazing to see how people in Brazil use this transportation way to get from the top of the mountain to get to the village center. From this point you can see all this beautiful landscape in dusk by: today_is_always Views[1093] People in Serra Negra - Brazil go down to up from a dizzy height, they call to this system Playing with my couchsurfing hosts dogs in Ihlabela, an island off the coast of Brazil that only locals usually visit. A gem! by: wanderlustkiera Views[492] Iguazu Falls, Brazil by: wanderlustkiera Views[394] ACAI - an Amazonian berry that is eaten all over brazil with fruit, granola and honey. The most delicious thing I have ever had the liberty to taste. by: wanderlustkiera Views[645]
     
    children still live in hope of a better life by: juhguedesfotografia Views[571] Taken in Tefe, Brazil in a musician’s house, blasting metal music continued daily as the band practiced for a New Year's Eve performance alongside the singer's pet monkey. by: simonefrancis Views[1236] Peace bell buit in with scrap ammunition used in wars in different times. by: worldseeker Views[597]   

     

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