| ID: | 41893 |
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| Country: | Brazil |
| Title: | Brazil - Rural Sustainable Development Project in the Semi-arid Region of Bahia (Pro-Semiárido) April 2016 |
| Description: |
Guiomar de Jesus Santiago and his wife Maria Iracema Jesus Santiago make twine from grass that will be used to make skirts or rope, at his artisenal shop, at Aldeia Mirandela, near Ribeira do Pombal, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. "When there is rain we work in the fields but when it is dry we make crafts," said Guiomar. They wear their native garb made out of grass in honor of Día do Índio, or Indigenous Day, celebrated on April 19. After years of fighting for their rights, the Kiriri indigenous people took back their land in 1995. This was a very important milestone in their long-term struggle for keeping themselves together as a people with a different cultural identity, with their own ancestral knowledge and traditions. The IFAD-funded Rural Sustainable Development Project in the Semi-arid Region of Bahia (Pro-Semiárido) has been working together with the Kiriri people to allow them to use their traditional knowledge and traditions as a foundation upon which to build their livelihoods. |
| Size: | 17.44 MB; 5760 x 3840 pixels; 488 x 325 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1524 x 1016 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | Lianne Milton |
| Copyright: | ©IFAD/Lianne Milton/Panos |
| Categories: | none |
| URL: | www.ifad.org |
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