Uniting efforts, creativity and talent, Shipibo-conibas craftswomen of Coronel Portillo (Ucayali) feature contemporary textile line, based on the designs of their cultural heritage
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Film festival will show how people live in the borders of the Amazon
The International Amazon Festival of Film of the Border is an event that shows and discusses films that address the reality of the regions considered peripheral areas, as the Amazon .
Indigenous and non-indigenous cultures, once hostile to each other, now mingle
Xipaya Indians and beiradeiros (river people), are finding a life in common in the village of Tukaya on the remote reaches of the Iriri River.
Movie about the Colombian Amazon, nominated for an Academy Award
Ciro Guerra’s film, inspired by a true story of expeditions in the Amazon, was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, the highest awards in world cinema.
Project to record indigenous ancestral knowledge in Madre de Dios, Peru
The project aims to document the ancestral knowledge of indigenous communities, so it does not lose on the time and to be protected.
Almond, chestnut and pacu were highlighted at Amazon Fair in La Paz
The Bolivian government will sign an agreement with private entrepreneurs in San Ignacio de Moxos, Department of Beni, seeking eight locations become touristic places in Bolivia.
Being sustainable is (not) a game: educational games from Amazon
Environmental education and entertainment: this is the proposal of a set of five educational games produced by the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute.
Funeral urns of indigenous origin have human forms
Rural community residents in the Amazon found funerary urns of indigenous origin that present human forms. The objects reveal information about the burial ceremonies of indigenous population in the region.
Belo Monte will remove 2,000 families in two months in Altamira
To circumvent delays and obey the new Belo Monte plant’s construction schedule, Norte Energia dealership will remove in the next two months more than 2,000 families of the areas that will be flooded.
Documenting stories at the Chariboan Joi Shipibo Cultural Festival
Chariboan Joi Shipibo Cultural Festival was held at the Bethany community in the Peruvian Amazon, to record traditional stories and select young peopelo for training in journalism.