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Portrait of a Shiwiar

Article, indigenous village, Shiwiar, Shiwiar people, indigenous culture, Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, equatorial forest, hunting blowgun, Exode Tropical Pastaza province, Ecuador.
Shiwiar territory lies south-east of the Ecuadorian Amazon. This area of ​​primary forest, only accessible by air, is the home to 750 natives who share their culture with that of Shuar and Achuar. Shiwiar people came into contact with the Western world in 1941, during the war between Ecuador and Peru. Today, faced with pressure from the government and oil companies, people struggle to protect its land from massive deforestation. Today, faced with pressures of the government and the oil companies, the population fights for protecting its lands of a massive deforestation. For two weeks, Pancho and Nelly, a young couple from the community of Shiwiar Juyuintza receive us into their humble house. Blowgun hunting, fishing barbasco, growing yucca, elaboration of chicha, manufacturing of potteries, etc. ... Welcome to the daily lives of these men of the forest.

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