BRAZIL Kayapo Bracelet

The Kayapo people are indigenous peoples in Brazil, from the plain islands of the Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil, south of the Amazon Basin and along Rio Xingu and its tributaries. Kayapo call themselves “Mebengokre”, which means “people of the wellspring”. Kayapo people also call outsiders “Poanjos”. 

• Handmade in Brazil 

 

International Conservation Fund of Canada (ICFC)

Meet the Kayapo, defenders of the Amazon Rainforest. This montage introduces the issues facing the Kayapo, and other indigenous residents of the Amazon, as the frequency and intensity of their involvement with modern society increases.
The photos in this video have been generously donated by the following photographers: Cristina Mittermeier; Andre D’Elia; Antonio Briceno; Valter Campanato; Adriano Jerozolimski; Michael Wilson; Charles Ballantyne; Jeff Topham; Barbara Zimmerman.
Thank you especially to Cristina Mittermeier, whose images are found throughout the video.
Thanks to Jeff Topham, for his editing work.

*Photo: Bruce Parry