From Independent.co.uk:
Extraordinary new photos have emerged of an uncontacted tribal community in the Amazon Jungle.The pictures, taken from the air, show people in a communal “yano” structure in Yanomami indigenous territory in northern Brazil, close to the border with Venezuela.
Each section of thatch is believed to house a different family, and is where they sleep, keep fires and store food.
The isolated Yanomami communities, some of whom have had contact with the outside world, collectively number around 35,000 people, and the people live by foraging and hunting from the surrounding forest.They are understood to make use of 500 different plants for various purposes and their knowledge, developed over thousands of years, is described as “irreplaceable” by Survival International, an NGO which campaigns for the rights of indigenous peoples.
But the estimated 100-strong community seen in the latest photographs is at risk of being destroyed by illegal gold miners who are closing in on their land.
Officially, the Yanomami indigenous territory – which covers over 9.6 million hectares – is protected by the government.
Read more and see more pics here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/photos-uncontacted-tribe-community-village-amazon-yanomami-illegal-gold-miners-a7426651.html
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