2012 - total destruction...

2012 - total destruction...

- Our closest hill community, Monkey's Mound, just a few minutes from our main Hummingbird Arts & Cultural Activity Centre in Diadema, was a natural green oasis of Atlantic Rainforest only a decade ago. Just look at it now....

- Humans do incredibly stupid things in their plight for survival. Despite the fact that everything they really need has been provided for by Mother Nature, they simply continue to destroy her.
How many generations will it take before we learn our lesson, or will we never learn...?

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- A comunidade colina mais próximo, Morro do Macaco, a poucos minutos do nosso Espaço Cultural Beija-Flor em Diadema, foi um oásis de verde natural de Mata Atlântica há apenas uma década. Basta olhar para isso agora....

Os humanos fazem coisas incrivelmente estúpidas para sua própria sobrevivência. Apesar de que tudo que eles precisam ter sido prevista pela Mãe Natureza, eles simplesmente continuam a destruí-la.
Quanta geração levará antes que nós aprendemos a nossa lição, ou será que nunca aprendemos...?

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Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012

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e v i c t e d . . .

e v i c t e d . . .

We can all do something to preserve the Guarani, their customs and traditions, by helping to protect their ancestral territory. Please sign the petition against yet another eviction of Guarani from their lands in Brazil....

NB! - Public pressure in a big way is unfortunately the only way to make our politicians change their minds so these petitions really do make a difference...

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Dreams come true...

Dreams come true...

...or invented dreams........

- This is a typical Guarani family house, constructed by the indians using natural materials harvested from the surrounding forest. Next to this rather idyllic spot in the reserve of Rio Branco are scattered the concrete foundations for new houses to be built by the government organization FUNAI (National Indian Foundation), based on popular housing models with white-washed bricked walls, tiled roof and cemented floors. If one asks the Guarani if this is really what they wanted, the answer will be a clear NO! But who are we to go against the almighty powers of FUNAI...?

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Sonhos reais.... ou sonhos inventados........

- Esta é uma casa de família típica Guarani, construído pelos índios, usando materiais naturais colhidos da floresta circundante. Próximo a este lugar idílica na reserva indígena de Rio Branco são espalhadas as fundações concretas para novas casas a serem construídas pelo governo, através da FUNAI (Fundação Nacional do Índio), que são baseados em modelos de habitação popular, com paredes rebocadas e pintadas em branco, telhado de cerâmica e piso de cimento. Se alguém pergunta o Guarani se este é realmente o que eles queriam, a resposta será um claro NÃO! Mas quem somos nós para ir contra os poderes onipotentes da FUNAI...?

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Home, sweet home...

Home, sweet home...

“Just the way we like it and want to keep it...”, say the Guarani.
“It was the way of our ancestors and we have no reason to change it...”

So why are they building these non-indian, brick houses for us....?

I honestly cannot understand the role of this important government institution called FUNAI that is supposed to protect the culture, sustainable development and integrity of the indigenous people, but seems to be doing exactly the opposite. The money spent on new, atypical housing for the Guarani could be spent more wisely by helping to provide the correct building materials (not readily available in their limited reserve) to amplify and reconstruct the traditional housing already used by the Guarani throughout the Americas and also an extremely desired, new and larger Opy (house of prayer), so important for their spiritual practice. But is FUNAI really interested in their preservation?
I want to know....
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Lar, doce lar...

"Do jeito que nós gostamos e queremos mantê-lo ...", diz o Guarani.
"Foi a forma de nossos antepassados e não temos razão para alterá-la ..."

Então por que eles estão construindo estas casas de não índios em tijolos....?

Eu sinceramente não consigo entender o papel dessa instituição governamental tão importante chamada FUNAI, que foi criado para proteger a cultura, o desenvolvimento sustentável e a integridade dos povos indígenas, mas parece estar fazendo exatamente o oposto. O dinheiro gasto com novas casas atípicas para o Guarani poderia ser gasto mais sabiamente, ajudando a fornecer os materiais de construção corretas (que não estão prontamente disponíveis em sua reserva limitada) para ampliar e reconstruir a habitação tradicional, já usado pelo Guarani em todas as Américas e também para construção de uma nova e maior Opy (casa de reza), extremamente desejado e tão importante para a sua prática espiritual. Mas a FUNAI está realmente interessado em sua preservação? Eu quero saber....

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Surviving...

Surviving...

...the impossible of human development.......

500 years of abuse, but how much longer will the Guarani people endure the changes and demands of the dominant world...?

I hope my organisation can contribute towards maybe reversing something of this tendency and create in some of the Guarani children and young people more hope for a better future.......

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