1959 Brazil’s Kraho Indians, magazine article Brazilian natives, village life

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Selling is a 1959 magazine article about:
the Kraho Indians
Title: Children of the Sun and Moon
Author: Harold Schultz
Subtitled "Primitive Kraho Indians, living deep in Brazil’s savanna, dance all summer, singing of natures gifts”
Quoting the first page “We are in the heart of Brazil. It is midsummer, and the heat of the sun-soaked ground penetrates the soles of our shoes. It is now the fifth day that we have traveled on foot through the endless expanse of the savanna, always toward the east, toward the rising sun, ever farther from the fertile banks of the Tocantins carrying its turbulent waters to the Amaz** (river name blocked by eBay!).
Rugged rocks, coarse gravel, and fine sand alternate with rare spots of fertile land, found only where the succulent green leaves of the buriti palm, rustling in the wind, indicate that there is moisture-yes, perhaps even refreshing water from springs that never go dry.
At such places settle small cattle raisers, farmers of Goias, immigrants from Maranhao. A scant growth of grass provides meager nourishment for the widely scattered herds of grazing cattle. The gnawed bark of stunted trees and shrubs bears witness to their hunger.
It has not rained for three months. But when the hot, dry summer ends, the heavy downpours will come, and the scorched, yellow land will be decked out in fresh green.
Here, deep in the savanna, live the Kraho Indians we would visit.
Their village, called Kenpokrekateye, has a peculiar shape. From the air it looks like a wagon wheel lying in the sand. The dwelling houses are connected by a broad boulevard, the rim, leading around from house to house. At the hub lies the village square. Straight paths leading to it from each house form the spokes of the wheel…"
7” x 10”, 23 pages, 19 photos
These are pages carefully removed from an actual 1959 magazine.
59C1
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