Culture
Warriors’ House
Building the Ngàb, the warriors’ house, the political space where each village makes its decisions and learns from the Kubengêt.
About the project Warriors’ House
Project · Culture
Traditional Rituals
Since 2018, the Association has supported the rituals of the Xikrin calendar, which pass knowledge from one generation to the next.
- Status
- Ongoing
- Period
- since 2018
- Partners
- Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage Program
- Led by
- Berê Xikrin Indigenous Association
Supporting traditional rituals is one of Berê’s main projects. With the Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage Program, the Association promotes rituals that are essential to the physical and cultural continuity of the Xikrin people in the villages it represents, such as the Kwyrykangô.
The initiative has run since 2018 and follows the traditional Xikrin calendar, in which periods of the year are set aside for collective hunting and fishing, the making of artifacts, rites and rituals.
Supporting these moments strengthens Xikrin culture and ensures knowledge passes between generations, in a young population: about three quarters of the people in the Association’s villages are under 30, and the elders are recognized as Living Heritage.
Other projects
Other projects
Belo Monte
Belo Monte and PBA-CI
Since the 1970s, the Xikrin people have faced large infrastructure projects in the Middle Xingu. The Association monitors and co-executes the compensation programs of the Belo Monte dam, which changed the flow of the Bacajá River.
About the project Belo Monte and PBA-CITerritory
Restaura Amazônia
A project proposed and led by the Association: restoration with agroforestry systems, value chains for cacao, Brazil nuts, babassu and menire handicrafts, Xikrin fire brigades and Environmental Agents, and care for the villages’ water.
About the project Restaura Amazônia