Maintaining our traditions and our forest will ensure ouir survival
THE MUNDURUKU PEOPLE
OF BRAGANCA
Welcome to the land of the Munduruku in Bragança. Aquaverde is supporting us in our efforts to save what is left of aour ancestral forest.
"We listen to our forest.
It bleeds and laments" Cassique Orlando Munduruku
Introduction
The braganca village is situated on the right side of the Tapajos river, inside the Tapajos National Forest, in the municipality of Belterra in the State of Para, Brasil. Today, 65 families reside in Bragança and more Munduruku tribe members live in town, mostly for their studies.
Our first contacts with non-indigenous society were in the 1900's.Since 2001 we are in a process of demarcationof our land, the "Indigenous Territory of the Lower Tapajos".
We still maintain our cultural traditions such as dancing, rituals, arts and crafts as well as food production for the village inhabitants subsistance.
Our territory also holds many water springs, lakes and vast areas of untouched primary forest.
Orlando Munduruku welcomes
Chief Almir Surui, union
between Peoples of the forest
is capital.
