Three warriors
YANOMAMI: CHILDREN OF EDEN This repertoire of images comprise a documentary project on the Yanomami Indians in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest in the making since 1995. The Yanomami are regarded to be the last stone age people residing in the Amazon rainforest. Currently, there are close to 25,000 Yanomami Indians living scattered on the border region between Brazil and Venezuela. Their land is rich in noble woods like mahogany and strategic minerals like uranium, niobium as well as gold and diamonds. The Yanomami are the last human remnant of the noble savage, the natural ecologist who lived at peace in nature in an enlightened unity with all of creation. Their culture is being endangered by the encroachment of western settlers.
Three warriors,
Family wash in the river palm tree seeds for cooking.,
Women and boy refreshing in the pond near the village of Ajarani,
Women and boy refreshing in the pond near the village of Ajarani,
A boy uses his bow and arrow to catch fish in the river,
Boy bathing in the pond,
Boys in the river,
Boys by the waterfall,
Fertility Goddess:Girl groomed for her rites of passage to womanhood,
Fertility Goddess:Girl groomed for her rites of passage to womanhood,
Girl groomed according to rituals marking her passage to womanhood,
Girl in the hammock in a village by the Catrimani river,
Women from the village of Surucucu,
Man with his pet in the main area of the village of Abruwa-teri,
Young mother carrying her child,
Mother with her child,
Women are responsible for the heaviest chores in the villages,
Women are responsible for the heaviest chores in the villages,
Ray Ban Acculturation provided by a missionary in Abruwa-teri village,
Sisters from the village of Surucucu,
Man with his wives uses lipstick made of annatto seeds as body paint,
Prof.Napoleon Chagnon enters the village of Abruwa-teri w/ assistant,
A traditional and bloody club fight between father and son,
Men carrying bananas for a ritual in the village of Abruwa-teri,