How isolation is helping Brazilian indigenous group defend way of lifeThe village of Laranjal is located along the Iriri river in Arara indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil -- its 200 or so residents live nearly off the grid, and four hours by boat from the nearest city. [AFP]The Arara live in wooden houses arranged in an arc around a weel-used football pitch. They live with about 200 others in Laranjal village on the edge of the Iriri River in Brazil's northern state of Para. They are also part of an 800,000-strong indigenous community that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he wants to "integrate into society." Unlike residents of many indigenous villages in Brazil, everyone in Laranjal can speak their ancestral language.

Source: Standard Digital April 25, 2019 10:52 UTC