The deep timbre of bamboo flutes emerges from within a darkened Indigenous communal house in the Amazon rainforest, followed by dancers in body paint and musicians rhythmically stomping their feet ...

It was sunny when I first walked into the University of Colorado Boulder. I had come from far away—from Brazil’s heartlands—to share what a community-based native seed collection network looks like in ...

WASHINGTON, DC, August 28, 2025 – The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a new project to protect forests and promote sustainable development in the Lower Xingu region, in the state of Pará, ...

Anitta had the honor of getting her body painted by indigenous people during a Kuarup ceremony in Xingu — but it was her sculpted backside that sparked endless online chatter. The singer, 32, took ...

Anitta’s visit to the Kuikuro village in the Xingu Indigenous Park (MT) sparked controversy on social media. On that occasion, the singer took part in the Quarup, a funeral ceremony honoring the dead, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anitta photographed by Danillo Kuikuro When it comes to making a statement, Anitta knows how to do it with charisma, authenticity, ...

Giselle Tongi chats with fellow Filipino-American celebrity Xingú del Rosario, who wants to 'raise awareness about Filipino actors' in Hollywood Just watched Superman, and I have so many feelings.

Nurse Lavinia Santos de Souza Oliveira first encountered an Indigenous population in the early 1980s. As an undergraduate student at the University of São Paulo (USP), she traveled with local doctors ...

When ancient carvings were vandalised, the Wauja feared their knowledge was lost. But 3D imaging has created a replica at the heart of Brazil’s first Xingu people’s museum It is not yet dawn in ...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Author Timothy J. Killeen is an ...