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A bird perches on a tree in front of the full moon in the Yawalapiti village. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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A Yawalapiti man walks out of a hut. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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Yawalapiti children attempt to spear fish. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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A Yawalapiti man uses branches from the timbo plant to spread natural toxins to paralyse fish and capture them by hand. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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Yawalapiti tribe members catch fish in the Xingu National Park. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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A Yawalapiti boy poses with a camera in the Xingu National Park. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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A Yawalapiti girl climbs a tree to jump into the Xingu River. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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A Yawalapiti boy dips his head into the Xingu River. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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A Yawalapiti man paints his body with a mix of annatto or achiote seeds. This year the Quarup will pay tribute to two people - a Yawalapiti Indian who they consider a great leader, and Darcy Ribeiro, a well-known author, anthropologist and politician known for focusing on the relationship between native peoples and education in Brazil. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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Yawalapiti children play in the Xingu National Park. From the very oldest to the very youngest, all the members of the Yawalapiti tribe participate in the preparations for Quarup. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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A Yawalapiti wrestler rests in the Xingu National Park. In its original form, the Quarup was a funeral ritual intended to bring the dead back to life. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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Yawalapiti youth chief Anuia (front) leads a dance in the Xingu National Park. Quarup is a ritual held over several days to honor in death a person of great importance to them. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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A Yawalapiti man has his body painted with a mix of annatto or achiote seeds. The Yawalapiti, one of the 14 tribes living inside the Xingu National Park, are preparing a Quarup. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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Aritana is seen in the Xingu National Park. The Yawalapiti tribe lives deep in the Brazilian heartland, where the upper reaches of the Amazon Basin dissolve into the central plateau. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
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