The video shows the Tutãra necklace, wedding people, Despite

The tutãra , is a bivalve, a type of shell that is endemic to the Arinos river, is located in the state of Mato Grosso. And with it, the people, Despite producing one piece of delicate to be used solely by the female. In the video, “Tutãra Heritage Despite that” indigenous people are showing the Tutãra, and the knowledge to which it is connected and the link is ‘intrinsic’ to the rio, where it is collected.

“The tutãra it is important that we make an adornment, traditional-that is, our paste-the-marriage,” she says Lucinete Despite that, out of the Land of the Indigenous Erikpatsa, the president of the Indian Association for Women’s Despite (Aimurik).

The production was carried out by the association in conjunction with the Operation of the Amazon-Native (OPAN), and the Network of the Juruena Alive from the expedition, which took place in September of 2023, to the gathering of the bivalve, the snail waribubutsa , and other supplies for the craft Despite that. The registration was carried out by the photographer Adriano Gambarini, which is known for its work with the environment and indigenous people.

In the film, it is possible to see how this is made, the collection of the Arinos river, which is also known as the “river of shells”. The artwork really captures the way that is sensitive in this respect from the people, Despite the river, and the bivalve, expressed in the time period and the right to collect for you the cups are likely to be more bright, in the exchange of knowledge between different generations, and on the other, the knowledge that is involved in the paste.

“We’re going to continue to harvest in the same way as the tutãra, making the craft, and to encourage young people that they do not lose their culture,” says Juliet Despite that, the leader in the Indian Land, Japuíra.

The video for “Tutãra Heritage Despite that”, which is available on YouTube in the OPAN at the link.
For more information on the bivalve and its cultural significance, you should also read the story in the magazine, Amazon, Native to the report of the technicalKnow how, to make, to have: the people, Despite the tutãra , and the river Tutãra Itsik”.