Brazil – Indigenous Peoples' Week in Maturacá
Maturacá, Brazil – April 2024 - The educational community of the Imaculada Conceição Indigenous School in Maturacá, AM, organised closing celerbations for Indigenous Peoples' Week on 20 April. The celebrations, which began on 15 April, continued throughout the week with conferences, health activities, writing and painting activities on indigenous culture. To conclude the program, the teachers decided to represent the traditional "Reahumou", as the ancient Xaponos did. “The Reahu festival is our most important festival. It summarises Yanomami culture and the way of community coexistence, as the ancients lived it", commented Prof. Rogerio Lins. The preparatory tasks for the celebration were divided among all school classes from 4th grade primary to 3rd Year middle school, with the help of educators. Each person, according to their age, was assigned responsibilities and learning topics. On the eve of the event, students and teachers brought together the elements to create small artifacts representing a traditional xapono with the typical divisions of the time and the characters of each group: prowë-prowë; patayoma, ihiru, moko-moko, huya-huya. The performance, which lasted about three hours, took place in the courtyard of the Salesian mission under the attentive gaze of those responsible: leaders, tuxaua, hekura, community leaders; in addition to the guests from local institutions, municipal school leaders, health workers, associations and the entire country. The audience expressed their approval with laughter and applause.
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