Skip to main content

Nukuri kahtiro turi: the plant world

Talk with João Paulo Lima Barreto and Karen Shiratori

The indigenous peoples of the northeastern Amazon, especially the Yepamahsã (or Tukano), see the plant world as the clothing of the earth. From this point of view, deforestation is considered to be the act of stripping the land. The indigenous peoples of the northeastern Amazon, especially the Yepamahsã (or Tukano), see the plant world as the clothing of the earth. From this point of view, deforestation is considered to be the act of stripping the land.

Related to Amazons, Nukuri kahtiro turi: the plant world

18 December 2024