Photos emerge of an uncontacted Amazon tribal community in Brazil threatened by illegal gold miners
From Independent.co.uk:
Extraordinary new photos have emerged of an uncontacted tribal community in the Amazon Jungle.The pictures, taken from the air, show people in a communal “yano” structure in Yanomami indigenous territory in northern Brazil, close to the border with Venezuela.
Each section of thatch is believed to house a different family, and is where they sleep, keep fires and store food.
The isolated Yanomami communities, some of whom have had contact with the outside world, collectively number around 35,000 people, and the people live by foraging and hunting from the surrounding forest.They are understood to make use of 500 different plants for various purposes and their knowledge, developed over thousands of years, is described as “irreplaceable” by Survival International, an NGO which campaigns for the rights of indigenous peoples.
But the estimated 100-strong community seen in the latest photographs is at risk of being destroyed by illegal gold miners who are closing in on their land.
Officially, the Yanomami indigenous territory – which covers over 9.6 million hectares – is protected by the government.
Read more and see more pics here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/photos-uncontacted-tribe-community-village-amazon-yanomami-illegal-gold-miners-a7426651.html
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Great read. I hope these 35k people are left alone, and able to live in peace beyond the chaos that surrounds them.
Awesome, I heard that there are about 19 "lost" tribes in the Amazon. I believe these people can be used to disprove all religions on Earth, because if one of them was true, then we would see familiar religious icons, yet we don't.
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With a slightly different frame of reference, it could be a colony of ants converging on a circle of triscuit crackers. Just kidding @contentjunkie, cool post!!! Upvoted.
Smart of them to live at least partially underground. so much of the amazon is being trodden over by western civilization
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Cool. I was just reading something about Yanomami in one tab and then I switched tab and saw another unrelated article about 'em (yours above which I also read). Serendipity in the Internet era.
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