![]() ![]() Separation from their lands is catastrophic, but the solution to their problems – the recognition of land rights, for which Survival has campaigned for over forty years – is simple. Video advice: Awa tribe The world’s most threatened tribe The Awá are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the Amazon rain forest. They suffer racism, land theft, forced development and genocidal violence just because they live differently. From the Amazon to the Kalahari, from the jungles of India to the Congo rainforest, we work in partnership with tribal peoples to protect their lives and land. When the Bushmen dance to the rhythmic beat of the trance dance, when the Hopi sing for snow and the Enawene Nawe take up their flutes at dawn, they are celebrating their connections to each other, and to the Earth. For tribes, for nature, for all humanity. Without their homelands, the fabric of their identity collapses. The black face paint and adornments of eagle feathers dress the girl as she performs a series of rituals and becomes a woman. One notable example is the Tikuna tribe, which uses black genipapo dye in coming of age ceremonies for women. These are the creative touchstones by which they know themselves the rituals represent a myriad imaginative ways of interpreting life. Face paint, as with other decorative devices, also signifies a coming of age within Amazon tribes. The Te Awa Tupua Bill also offers cultural and. When tribal peoples are torn away from the lands that inspire their songs, dances, myths and memories, deep depression often follows. AbaNi BecN, How One Tribe is Fighting For Their Food Culture in the Face of Climate Change. When tribal peoples are evicted from their homes when their lands are destroyed in the name of ‘progress,’ their suffering is obvious: alcoholism, chronic diseases, infant mortality and unemployment are, more often than not, the effects of being forcibly assimilated into mainstream societies.
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