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Guests | May 2, 2012

Julia Alvarez: IMG Chichiguas



I wouldn't have met Piti if it hadn't been for a chichigua. To translate chichigua as a kite does not do justice to these beautiful creations of... Continue »
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    A Wedding in Haiti

    Julia Alvarez 9781616201302

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daju, January 1, 2012

The account of respected National Geographic photographer Loren McIntyre's experience with a tribe of Mayoruna Indians - semi-nomadic ``cat people'' who tattooed their faces and stuck spines in their cheeks to resemble their claimed jaguar ancestors. He felt that this tribe, which had been thought to be extinct, used mental telepathy to communicate with him.
It is a great introduction to the mysteries of the Amazonian rainforest and cultures.
Fascinating!!
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