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| The remote tribe seen from above |
THE SECRET life of a Brazilian Amazon tribal community has been captured in stunning images.
The aerial photographs depict exactly how remote the 100-strong
Yanomami tribe is, with them having little contact with the outside
world.
The images spark concern further human contact could expose the small community to disease.
The villagers are under threat from
gold-miners who have taken over the land, sparking concerns the tribe
could face violence or be wiped out by diseases they have never been
exposed to before.
International NGO Survival said the miners have
taken along malaria and the Yanomami’s food and water sources have been
polluted with mercury, placing the tribe’s future in jeopardy.
GUILHERME GNIPPER•TREVISAN HUTUKA
The huts are arranged close togetherThe
tribal community lives in the Yanomami Indigenous territory based in an
area of land full of rainforest and mountains of northern Brazil.
The land measures twice the size of Switzerland and the area is the largest forested indigenous territory in the world.
There are about 35,000 members of
the Yanomami tribe, which first came into contact with the outside world
in the 1940s when the Brazilian government sent teams to delineate the
border with Venezuela.
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The huts of the villagers are arranged in a circle
GUILHERME GNIPPER•TREVISAN HUTUKA
The tribe looks up at the sky as a plan flies overheadYanomami
activist Davi Kopenawa Yanomami said: “The place where the uncontacted
Indians live, fish, hunt and plant must be protected.
"The whole world must know that
they are there in their forest and that the authorities must respect
their right to live there.”
"The miners are like termites – they keep coming back and they don’t leave us in peace."
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