Arrows and smartphones: daily life of Amazon Tembe tribe
Daily life in the remote Tembe indigenous villages in the Amazon jungle of Brazil mixes tradition and modernity.
Text by Luis Andres Henao, Photos by Rodrigo Abd
Amazon tribe in Brazil patrols territory, braces for fight
Tension over territory reached a new height after a surge in annual fires, usually set to clear land, devastated large areas of the Brazil’s Amazon region in past weeks. Some indigenous people who live in the Amazon say deforestation is encroaching on their lands and way of life.
Text and photos by Luis Andres Henao
Samba, Amazon fruits and fish at Brazil’s Ver-O-Peso market
Ver-O-Peso (or See the Weight) at the Guajara Bay riverside was originally a tax collection center for goods from the Amazon paid to the Portuguese crown. It was later turned into the market that today includes docks, the acai fair, a meat market and a fish market made from imported iron plates.
Text by Luis Andres Henao, photos by Rodrigo Abd