It is very difficult to hear that other people believe that tribal peoples are ‘backward’ or ‘primitive’. They are wrong. It is a lack of respect for the way we choose to live. (…) Our land is our home, our house. It is our friend, our comrade. We have a lot of respect for our land, and we have a responsibility to look after it. (…) The destruction of our rainforest land is terrible, because the forest is alive. It is our life, and the animals’ life. We don’t separate our existence from it, we are all one body and one being: the plants, water, trees and Yawanawá. When we see harm come to the rainforest, it is as if a part of our own body has been hurt. It feels like an illness that rises up in us and needs to be cured. (…) Deforestation is the cause of so many issues within indigenous communities. And the animals need the forest as much as we do. We have been struggling to protect our Mother Earth. The medicine shows to us, we need to spread our vision to those who can’t see how beautiful this place is.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:56:32 +0000
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