Demarcation Diaries
11 September 2001
Kontau (Team A) : As we watched the TV
news with mouths open, the Deni were quiet and calm. I wondered
if this meant anything to them. They probably did not even know
where New York is, and could hardly understand why such thing
happened. The world they live in is drastically different from
ours. more
Paula, Samuel and Petros (Cuniua Team) : We just
received the news from New York. From the middle of the jungle
it is difficult to imagine this amount of craziness. more
Márcio (medic aboard Savio) : On the calm waters
of the Juruá pink botos come in a lazy way to the surface.
The ship is on a beach, and on the other side of the river there
are houses of Ribeirinhos, the local people. The forest appears
some meters ahead. Beautiful, like everything around here. more
Steve (Team B) : When I asked Vabishi how
close you could safely get to a Jacare (alligator), he said 'Don't
get close at all. They are very, very fast. They hit you with
their tail and bite you'. more
Note: Volunteers and the Deni work in three different teams. Team C (Cuniuã Team) works by boat following the Coxodoã, Cuniuã and Canaçã rivers, the natural boundary of the Deni territory along the eastern perimeter. Teams A and B started at the north west tip, working away from each other, assisting the Deni in cutting a 1.5 meter path through the jungle and erecting signs identifying the Deni territory.
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