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Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

Yawalapiti commemoration ceremony

30 August, 2012 - 00:00
TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE YAWALAPITI TRIBE ARE FIGHTING DURING THE QUARUP RITUAL. IN SUCH A WAY THEY COMMEMORATE IMPORTANT PEOPLE SIGNIFICANT FOR THE TRIBE. THE QUARUP LASTS FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THIS YEAR IT IS DEDICATED TO TWO PERSONALITIES AT ONCE: A YAWALAPITI, CONSIDERED BY THE TRIBE AS ITS GREAT CHIEF, AND DARCY RIBEIRO, A FAMOUS WRITER, ANTHROPOLOGIST, AS WELL AS POLITICIANS WHO PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATING NATIVE PEOPLES OF BRAZIL. CURRENTLY THE TRIBE YAWALAPITI INHABITING THE AMAZ
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