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Rio's Carnival parade makes urgent plea to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands
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FILE - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, second left, and first lady Rosangela Silva, second from right, are received by an Indigenous party including Davi Kopenawa, a Yanomami leader and shaman, third from right, at the Caracarana Lake Regional Center in Normandia, on the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous reserve in Roraima state, Brazil, March 13, 2023. Rio de Janeiro's Salgueiro samba school paid tribute to the the Yanomami, Brazil’s largest Indigenous group, on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 in the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome. - photo by AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carnival dancers took the biggest stage in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night with their faces painted red in a traditional Indigenous manner, while percussionists had “Miners out” written across the skins of their drums. It was part of Salgueiro's samba school's tribute to the Yanomami, Brazil’s largest Indigenous group, with its giant floats, costumes and songs based on the group’s ancient culture and traditions. “My Salgueiro is the arrow for the people of the forest,” the parade participants sang out as they marched through the Sambadrome, delivering their message to more than 70,000 revelers at the Sambadrome and millions watching live on television.