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‘A beacon of hope’: Indigenous People Reunited With Sacred Cloak in Brazil

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The Tupinambá de Olivença people have been reunited with a sacred feathered cloak that was taken from Brazil at least 335 years ago.

While it will be displayed publicly in Brazil's National Museum, the Tupinambá of Olivença people were able to view the relic in a private ceremony.

“I don’t even have words. It’s the most beautiful thing I have ever seen,” said Cacique Maria Valdelice Amaral de Jesus, known as Jamopoty Tupinambá. These cloaks were used as ceremonial verstments by coastal Indigenous people and represent their, land, history, and culture.

Read the full story from The Guardian here.

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