São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - In the Baniwa society, the traditional role of women was to take care of their children, their husbands, their jobs, "today things have changed, now we have ...

It was the Baniwa women who came up with the idea to sell the Jiquitaia chili peppers. They had already planted and picked the peppers in their own gardens in their communities along the Rio Içana, a ...

Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 17 March was a historic day of profound joy in the Brazilian diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, for the priestly ordination of Fr. Geraldo Trindade Montenegro, ...

The Baniwa people, who live in the northwesternmost part of the Brazilian Amazon region, have incorporated several non-indigenous habits, but still maintain their social organisation, their language, ...