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An adult common pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis), Rio Yanayacu, Amazon Basin, Loreto, Peru, South America

Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru, South America

Adult brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus), Yanayacu Lake, Rio Pacaya, Amazon Basin, Loreto, Peru, South America

Couple searching for wildlife on a boat tour of the Amazon River, Peru, South America

Young man paddling his fishing boat at sunset over calm waters on Clavero Lake, Amazon Basin, Peru, South America

An adult Green Iguana (Iguana iguana), basking in the sun on the Yanayacu River, Amazon Basin, Loreto, Peru, South America

Manaus, Amazon, Brazil, South America

Cathedral, Manaus, Amazon, Brazil, South America

The rain forest in the Jari area of the Amazon, Brazil, South America

Portrait of a girl and child with a dummy at Pacoval Village on Curua Una river in the Amazon area of Brazil, South America

River boats on the quayside being unloaded at Parintins in the Amazon area of Brazil, South America

Portrait of a group of smiling children at Alter do Chao, Tapajos, in the Amazon area of Brazil, South America

Anavilhanas archipelago, Rio Negro, Amazon area, Brazil, South America

Thatched homes along the river, Javari River, Amazon basin rainforest, Peru, South America

Butterfly, Pierella hyalinus, Amazon jungle, Bolivia, South America

Heavily painted Tirio Indian woman wearing beads, with children, Brazil, South America

Building on stilts reflected in the River Amazon, Peru, South America

Walkway strung through the treetop canopy of the rainforest, Explorama Lodge, Napo River, Amazon Basin, Peru, South America

Armed policemen on buffalo back on Marajo Island in the Brazilian Amazon, Para, Brazil, South America

Boi Bumba carnival, Parintins, Tupinambarana island, Amazon, Brazil, South America

Armed policeman on buffalo back on Marajo Island in the Brazilian Amazon, Para, Brazil, South America

Lady cuddles three toed sloth, Alter do Chao, Amazon area, Brazil, South America

Young dancer, Pacoval village, Amazon area, Brazil, South America

An Achuar man plays an Achuar flute, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

Collecting barbasco, a poisonous root used for fishing, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

An Achuar woman making a pinink, a traditional bowl for drinking chicha, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

Working in the chakra (garden), Amazon, Ecuador, South America

An Achuar man demonstrates using a blowgun, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

Working in the chakra (garden), Amazon, Ecuador, South America

Cutting down a palm tree to collect larva to eat, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

Jorge, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

Boats leaving for Belem and Santarem, Manaus, Brazil, South America

Mealy parrot (Amazona farinosa) is one of the largest Amazon parrot species, in captivity in the United Kingdom, Europe

Woman carrying food in bowl, San Miguel Caño, Upper Amazon River Basin, Loreto, Peru, South America

A young girl gathering catfish from the family fishing pen on Rio El Dorado, Amazon Basin, Loreto, Peru, South America

Navigating on the Amazon River, Brazil, South America

Groups of people and boats on the sand spit beaches at Alter do Chao on the Tapajos River in the Amazon area of Brazil, South America

Supplies carried by river boat, Parintins, Amazon area, Brazil, South America

A wooden house with plants and a garden in the Breves Narrows in the Amazon area of Brazil, South America

Morning mists in Rio Negro region of Amazon rainforest, Amazonas State, Brazil, South America

The village Syndico of Suwa community with his family, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

A typical Achuar house, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

An Achuar man demonstrates using a blowgun, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

Young girls gathering catfish from the family fishing pen on Rio El Dorado, Amazon Basin, Loreto, Peru, South America

The valley of the Pastaza River, that flows from the Andes to the upper Amazon Basin, near Banos, Ambato Province, Central Highlands, Ecuador, South America

The village Syndico of Suwa community with his family, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

Amazon village, Brazil, South America

Working in the chakra (garden), Amazon, Ecuador, South America

The valley of the Pastaza River, that flows from the Andes to the upper Amazon Basin, near Banos, Ambato Province, Central Highlands, Ecuador, South America

One of many picturesque waterfalls in the valley of the Rio Pastaza that flows from the Andes to the upper Amazon Basin, near Banos, Ambato Province, Central Highlands, Ecuador, South America

Centre for Preservation of Indian Art, Indian museum, Alter do Chao, Amazon area, Brazil, South America

Parintins, Amazon area, Brazil, South America

Fishmonger in Belem fish market in the Amazon, Para, Brazil, South America

Small town of Machay in the Pastaza River valley, that flows from the Andes to the upper Amazon Basin, near Banos, Ambato Province, Central Highlands, Ecuador, South America

Esplanade facing river, Parintins, Amazon area, Brazil, South America

Exterior of thatched houses in Pablo's second village, of the Matses Indian tribe, in the Galvez River area of the Amazon Basin in Peru, South America

Couple, Parintins, Amazon area, Brazil, South America

Santarem, Amazon area, Brazil, South America

On the harbour of Manaus, some cargo coming from all around, Manaus, Brazil, South America

Cargo ship in the Breves Narrows in the Amazon area, Brazil, South America

People waving from their thatched palm house on the waters edge, Caboclos, in the Breves Narrows in the Amazon area of Brazil, South America

Theatre of the Amazon (Opera House), Manaus, Amazon, Brazil, South America

Amazon steamers, near Manaus, Brazil, South America

Makuna-colombian shamans making shaman mask,

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Kayapo women dancing traditional dances, brazil,amazon

Colombian shaman, , amazon, makuna indians, makuna woma

Colombian shaman,

Red,breasted toucan (ramphastos dicolorus) close,up view, captive, brazil.

Colombian shaman, , amazon, makuna indians, makuna closeup, makuna workin

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Colombian shaman, , amazon, makuna indians, makuna closeup, makuna workin

Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600

The idea of the interconnectedness of all things is central to the tribal way of looking at the world. practical knowledge of the environment, of crops and medicines, of hunting and fishing, is a byproduct of it. the makuna believe that human beings, animals, and all of nature are parts of the same one. animals and fish live in their own communities, which are just like human communities, with their chiefs, their shamans, their dance houses, their songs, and their material possessions. when human peoples dance in this world, the shaman invites the animal people to dance in theirs. if humans do not dance and shamans do not offer spirit food to the animal people, the animals will die out and there will be no more game left in the world. for the makuna the radical disjunction so characteristic of western thought between nature and culture, men and animals, dissolves. eastern colombia amazon, vaupes region, population: 600

Makuna-colombian shamans,

For centuries the amazonian forest has been a nourishing mother for the kayapo, who survive mostly on hunting, fishing and gathering. gorotire kayapo reserve, brazilian amazon