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Amazon festival for the dead
This Kuarup festival is being held in honour of prominent Brazilian anthropologist Apoena Meireles. -
Amazon festival for the dead
Meireles, the former head of the Federal Indian Bureau, was the first outsider to contact the Cinta Larga Indians in the late 1960s. -
Amazon festival for the dead
He was killed in a robbery at a cash point in Porto Velho in October 2004. At the time he was working with a federal task force to stop illegal diamond mining on the Cinta Larga Indian reservations. -
Amazon festival for the dead
Huka Huka wrestling matches are an important part of the two-day festival. -
Amazon festival for the dead
Huka Huka wrestling is named after the sound the wrestlers make as they try to bring their opponents down. The various bouts are held simultaneously. -
AFP - Fri Aug 26, 3:59 PM ET
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AFP - Sat Aug 27, 8:22 PM ET
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