By Rhett Ayers Butler The plane sprayed the soy fields beside the forest. Residents of Khikatxi said the single-engine ...
When a big chief dies on the Xingu indigenous reservation, its tribes gather for a unique funeral ritual called the Kuarup. Wearing body paint and bird feathers, they join in ceremonial dances, combat ...
XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK, Brazil — Xingu Indigenous Park, located in the southern Brazilian Amazon, spans 26,400 square kilometers and is home to 16 Indigenous groups. These communities rely on the ...
It was the season of fire in São Félix do Araguaia—a small, revolutionary town in the heart of Brazil, on the banks of the Araguaia River, one of the country's largest. Here, the Cerrado—Brazil's ...