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The local villagers informed that the barefooted, loincloth-wearing man appeared calm and in good health as he waved two wooden sticks towards them.
The incident occurred around 7 PM on Wednesday, February 12. (Photo Credit: X)
It’s quite common to watch uncontacted Indigenous tribes strolling and approaching the villagers. But to everyone’s amazement, a rare encounter between a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe and a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon is doing rounds on the internet. A video of the same has surfaced on social media that shows the young man gazing at the lighter in astonishment as the villagers demonstrated how to use it.
The incident occurred around 7 PM on Wednesday, February 12, in Bela Rosa, a community along the Purus River in the southwestern Amazon, the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (Funai) reported. During a conversation with The Associated Press, the local villagers informed that the barefooted, loincloth-wearing man appeared calm and in good health as he waved two wooden sticks towards them.
Isolated tribesman EMERGES from Amazon in rare encounterA young Indigenous man approached a community barefoot & in a loincloth, appearing healthy & asking for fire. After failed attempts to show him a lighter, officials arrived, fed him, & took him to a nearby facility. pic.twitter.com/gNablKNzsa
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In an interview with the Associated Press, the villagers shared that they initially believed the man was asking for fire. In response, they demonstrated a lighter and explained its usage. However, despite multiple attempts, he struggled to understand how to operate it. Reports indicate that Funai officials swiftly arrived at the scene and offered the man some fish. Afterwards, he was taken to a nearby facility managed by the organization.
According to a statement by Funai, “The Madeira Purus Ethnoenvironmental Protection Front (FPE), the General Coordination of Isolated and Recently Contacted Indians (CGIIRC) and the Secretariat of Indigenous Health (SESAI) have already taken steps to activate the contingency plan at the local and national levels.”
“The FPE team is already monitoring the situation on-site, providing the necessary care for the isolated Indigenous people and awaiting the arrival of medical teams and foundation staff who are already travelling to the location, where they will remain for an indefinite period,” the agency added.
In 2021, Funai confirmed the existence of an isolated Indigenous group in the Mamoriá Grande area after finding abandoned camps and other evidence. The area was declared off-limits for non-Indigenous in December 2024.
It is worth noting that Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is home to the world’s largest number of uncontacted tribes. It is believed that there are at least 100 uncontacted groups in this rainforest, as per the government’s Indigenous Affairs Department, FUNAI.
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