ISBN: 9780285647480

Claudio and Orlando Villas Boas were born into a wealthy Brazilian family and in 1941 joined the Roncador-Xingu expedition (along with their brother, Leonardo), which explored central Bra… mais…

Claudio and Orlando Villas Boas were born into a wealthy Brazilian family and in 1941 joined the Roncador-Xingu expedition (along with their brother, Leonardo), which explored central Brazil. It is also a compendium of information on the plant and animal life of the region, as well as of its climate. BRAND NEWThe Xingu Indians are perhaps most famous today as the Amazonian Indians. However, their real importance is as one of the great environmental victories of the twentieth century. Brazil s Xingu National Park is an area of protected Amazonian rainforest, created in 1961 by the Villas Boas brothers, where 15 indigenous tribes live in 5.6 million acres free from the advance of the society that has devastated the rainforest around them (one of the first political achievements on behalf of a tribal people). Claudio and Orlando Villas Boas were born into a wealthy Brazilian family and in 1941 joined the Roncador-Xingu expedition (along with their brother, Leonardo), which explored central Brazil. By 1943 they had reached the state of Mato Grosso meeting the Indians of Alto-Xingu, who had no previous contact with the outside world, and spent the rest of their lives researching the lives and culture of the Xingu Indians while defending them against the encroaching and dislocating effects of civilisation . Today the Xingu Indians still live in isolation from the modern world in ecological and social balance, maintaining their traditions and culture. Drawn from diaries written over twenty-five years by the Villas Boas brothers, Brazil s most famous Indianists, Xingu is an encyclopaedia of observation and research into the ways of the Xingu Indians, their history, oral traditions and their myths (never previously revealed to any other outsiders). It is also a compendium of information on the plant and animal life of the region, as well as of its climate. The myths of the Xingu, which make up the bulk of this book, explain the relationships, rituals and culture of the Xingu while retaining the vitality of stories that have passed down generations, unchanged since the creation of the tribes.PLEASE VISIT OUR EBAY SHOP FOR THOUSANDS OF OTHER FICTION AND NON FICTION TITLES ALL AT LOW PRICES! YOU'LL FIND GREAT VALUE TITLES AS WELL AS SETS OF BOOKS FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE, OLDER PEOPLE AND EVERYONE IN-BETWEEN. WE ARE BLACKS BARGAIN BOOKS, BASED IN THE UK.THANK YOU FOR BUYING FROM US, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT!pb 9/17, Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Narrative Type: Non-Fiction, Features: Illustrated, Vintage: No, Intended Audience: Adults, Personalise: No, Genre: Biographies & True Stories, Brand: Unbranded, Publication Year: 2004, Format: Paperback, Language: English, Book Title: Xingu: Indians and Their Myths, Number of Pages: 270 Pages, Profile Books<

2004, ISBN: 9780285647480

Souvenir Press Ltd, Paperback, Auflage: Main, 270 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-03-17T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.23 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1512323, Books Global Store, Special Features, Book… mais…

Souvenir Press Ltd, Paperback, Auflage: Main, 270 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-03-17T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.23 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1512323, Books Global Store, Special Features, Books, Folklore, Mythology, Mind, Body & Spirit, Subjects, Native American, Earth-Based Religions, New Age, Religion & Spirituality, Customs & Folklore, Anthropology, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Social & Cultural, Native American Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Ethnography, Souvenir Press Ltd, 2004<