‘In the forest, we see with our ears,’ says José Carlos Meirelles, an expert on Brazil’s last uncontacted tribes. During his recent expeditions into the remote rainforest of Acre state, contacted Indians told him that uncontacted Indians imitate different animals to express emotions: wild pig when they are scared, macucau bird to let people know they are near, jaguar when they are angry. Acre state is home to some of the last uncontacted tribes in the world: It is thought that at least 600 people, belonging to at least four different groups, live deep within its tropical rainforest. Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, defines uncontacted tribes as peoples who have no peaceful contact with anyone in the mainstream or dominant society. They are extremely susceptible to diseases transmitted by outsiders such as measles and the common cold.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 23:49:31 +0000
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