Rare uncontacted Amazon tribe photographed
Images show Indians painted bright red, brandishing bows and arrows.
 | Two Indian men covered in bright red pigment are poised to fire arrows at an aircraft while another Indian looks on. This does not look like a welcome party. ;) |
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By Stuart Grudgings
RIO DE JANEIRO - Amazon Indians from one of the world's last uncontacted tribes have been photographed from the air, with striking images released on Thursday showing them painted bright red and brandishing bows and arrows.
The photographs of the tribe near the border between Brazil and Peru are rare evidence that such groups exist. A Brazilian official involved in the expedition said many of them are in increasing danger from illegal logging.
"What is happening in this region is a monumental crime against the natural world, the tribes, the fauna and is further testimony to the complete irrationality with which we, the 'civilized' ones, treat the world," Jose Carlos Meirelles was quoted as saying in a statement by the Survival International group.
One of the pictures, which can be seen on Survival International's Web site (www.survival-international.org), shows two Indian men covered in bright red pigment poised to fire arrows at the aircraft while another Indian looks on.
Another photo shows about 15 Indians near thatched huts, some of them also preparing to fire arrows at the aircraft.
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"The world needs to wake up to this, and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with international law.
Otherwise, they will soon be made extinct," said Stephen Corry, the director of Survival International, which supports tribal people around the world.
Of more than 100 uncontacted tribes worldwide, more than half live in either Brazil or Peru, Survival International says.
It says all are in grave danger of being forced off their land, killed and ravaged by new diseases.
Well said.(Untouched civilizations fascinate me. I envy their freedom from everyday society.
I have spent time in a tribal setting, I understand the many hardships and sacrifice, however
the simple way of life and sincere hard work is very appealing- not to mention honorable.
I appreciate that they clearly do not wish to be disturbed- since there is a certain sanctity in tribal life that is not found anywhere else.
Naturally if anyone could ruin this, it would be White Anglo Saxon types who live off greed, caring little for who they disrupt or destroy if there is something they want, or a commodity to be found.
That is how america came to be- greed and blood, and I believe that is how america will end- as a direct result of white mans actions.
