Rio Negro Native Indian Village
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We crossed the river, leaving the dolphin cove, and came here to the natives village site. My guide pointed out the people in the small boat in front. He said that it was a very cheap outfit that uses those boats and that they had lost people in the past in the river when one of those boats capsized. |
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Looks like a jack fruit to me, like you find in South East Asia |
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| If I haven't mentioned it, I had left the hotel with a dead camera battery. Hard to believe. This is also the first time I traveled with just one. Anyway, just, a little while ago I wondered why I did not check to see if the boat had an AC outlet I might have connected to my charger, which is always in my bag. So, sadly, while it didn't matter with the dolphins so much, there was plenty of light for my Samsung Galaxy 10 tablet to get acceptable pictures. Here is where the lack of a real camera seriously handicapped my picture taking. Once inside of the meeting hut, which is as far as visitors get to go, I have not many usable pictures. |
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A couple of kids, possibly girls, playing |
The tribal chief, who looks in great condition |
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Most of the presentation was with music instruments (I would have preferred a blow pipe demonstration - I was told they had them). |
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So they line up and dance past us. If I remember correctly, the tubes we rattles. |
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The chief with the next instrument, this one a horn |
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The horns were making sounds and the tribe circled around, macaw feather headresses and all. |
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This time they briefly left the building |
Next came a flute concerto |
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