Huni Kuin Cultural Center

$2,645.79

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$20,000

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Una Shubu Dau Yuxibu Kayawa

Project Dieta Center & Educational Support Structures

The Deep Forest Foundation has recently approved a new project application from the Associação Povos da Terra to build a place of learning in the village of Boa Vista which is located in the indigenous Alto Rio Jordão region of Acre, Brazil. The center aims to create a unique space for the elders of the community and people with profound knowledge of plant medicines, indigenous traditions, history, and rituals to pass on their experience to new generations, teaching the young of their people to ensure that their unique skills and ancestral experience is passed down generations. It will also be a place where foreigners may be able to learn first hand about indigenous culture and traditions.

Structural plans for traditional long house.

To accommodate the needs of the Boa Vista Village, which houses around 200 people and has close to 500 people (neighboring villages and foreign guests) during the time of their festival, the center will be quite a large construction. The implementation of this project is planned for late 2019 into 2020.

Indigenous community center

In addition to the community cultural center, the complex will include:

2 ceremonial malokas (structure reserved for ceremony) – 10X10 meters round

6 Accommodations for Pajés (Shamans)- 10 x 5 meters with 2 rooms inside and balcony in front.

5 modules of 2 Eco Toilets, 10 toilets total -1,70 x 2,70 meters.

2 kitchens for preparation of dieta foods for Pajés and participants

Example of Housing for Pajés (Shamans) for study and initiation.

Location to be implemented: Boa Vista Huni Kuin Village – Upper Jordão River – Amazon – Acre – Brazil.

Association proposing the Project: Associacão Povos da Terra, Main office São Paulo – Brazil. Branch Tarauacá – Acre, Brazil.

Coordination of the project: Marcos Vinicius Romão- President of Associaçao Povos da Terra.

Txana Ikakuru, Boa Vista Village & Team of Carpenters from Tarauacá, Acre, Brazil.

Estimation time of implementation of the project: 3.5 months

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