XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK, Brazil
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Tapi Yawalapiti, a Yawalapiti cacique (chief), walks alongside women during the closing of the Kuarup funeral ritual to honor the memory of his father Cacique Aritana, at the Xingu Indigenous Park in Brazil, September 12, 2021. Besieged by loggers, gold miners, cattle ranchers and soy farmers, the Xingu communities are facing growing degradation of their natural habitat whose rich biodiversity they need to preserve for future generations, says Yawalapiti. "We are not united today. The Xingu no longer has someone who can organize all the chiefs," Yawalapiti said. "Our main challenge is to come together again to save our lands." REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "MARCELINO KUARUP" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES