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English edition.Dimensions: 20,96 x 20,96 cm/ Pages: 216 / This book aims at valuing and disseminating contemporary Brazilian indigenous culture and identity. This is the story of the Yawa Festival, held annually in Acre, Brazil, in the New Hope Village, on the banks of the Gregory River, where the Yawanawa tribe lives. There are 92 photos about the culture, jokes, challenges, rites and the medicine of this tribe and about this celebration event where they receive various ethnic groups. The book is presented by Cacique Biraci Brasil Nixiwaka Yawanawá and his son Cacique Biraci Jr. This work is not intended to exhaust the subject or to present an anthropological research, but is a powerful narrative of the experience of the veteran Brazilian photographer in the village where she witnessed the respectful, supportive and collaborative coexistence between forest people and city people. A possible perspective of exchange and learning about sustainability, respect for diversity and human rights, and environmental responsibility. As Cacique Biraci Yawanawá says in his opening text: "Geraldo Melo's book is striking for its powers of observation, the sharpness of its eye, the clarity and objectivity of the tale it tells. If only everyo¬ne who admires the Native culture could be as transparent and precise in their approach to our tradition as Geraldo has been in this simple, candid, inspired story. We find in this book an opportunity to convey the truth of what we are and how we live, departing from stereotype and fantasy about our everyday lives and spiritual practices. This story concerns us. This story respects us".