SABINO DUA IXÃ is an elder of the Huni Kuin people who acts as a political and spiritual leader. He lived and worked in the rubber plantation, actively participated in the struggle for the demarcation of their lands, and studied with great shamans of his people to become one of the greatest masters of Huni Meka (ceremonial songs) of the Huni Kuin people. Sabino lives with his entire family in one of the most remote villages of the Upper Jordão River, a place where very few goods from the city arrive and where a deep connection with the territory is maintained.
RODRIGO MOREIRAS is a psychologist, graduated from PUC Rio de Janeiro, and a master’s degree holder in archaeology from the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro. He has been working with the Huni Kuin people for 16 years through projects related to indigenous health, financial autonomy, infrastructure, ethnotourism, and cultural exchange. He is the founder of the Huni Kuin Guardians collective in Rio de Janeiro and the Guardians of the Forest Institute, where he serves as scientific director, organizes cultural exchange experiences in different countries, and coordinates the Huni Kuin Expedition project. He also works clinically, combining psychology knowledge with indigenous knowledge to support individual and collective therapeutic processes.
Keynote Lecture
Songs and speeches stitched together by the Huni Kuin’s relationship with art and nature.
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