Jawari: the war and peace ceremony celebrating peace in the Brazilian Amazon


  • Photographer
    Dorte Verner
  • Prize
    3rd Place / Event/Traditions and Cultures
  • Date of Photograph
    July 2023
  • Technical Info
    Full Frame

The Jawari celebrates peace with fights and dances while honoring fallen warriors hosted by the Kuikuro tribe and other tribes participate. Wearing body paint and bird feathers, tribes join in ceremonial dances, fights and feasts to celebrate peace and life. Simultaneously being under treat from climate change and agrobusiness. The preparation includes painting and the ritual builds to a climax with a spear competition between warriors, who first stomp around in a war-like dance before spears are thrown at the enemy (a straw-man). After the Jawari all wash of the war in the river Buriti.

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