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  • MAMÃ RONO KENE 

    By Aliento • February 1, 2026
    The essence of kene can transform and change human life… bringing good living to humanity. Since their origins, and for thousands of years, the Noke Koi people have maintained, practised and strengthened their culture, passing on their ancestral knowledge from generation to generation to the present day, including their mother tongue, arts, beliefs, stories, myths,…
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  • The purposes of ancestral medicines

    By Aliento • January 5, 2026
    The purpose of ancestral medicine is to serve as a powerful tool for changing human beings’ lives physically and spiritually, aligned with the goal that people truly wish to achieve. The Noke Koi have been using and practising their culture since its emergence to the present day, including their mother tongue, dance, body painting, festivals,…
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  • History of the Kupixawa

    By Aliento • December 4, 2025
    Since their origins, the Noke Koi people have practised and strengthened their cultural practices, including dances, body painting, beliefs, sacred rituals, traditional cuisine, housing, traditional medicine, handicrafts, dwellings and spirituality. Both types of knowledge have been passed down from generation to generation over thousands of years. In the past, the Noke Koi people lived in…
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  • Preserving the Amazon Rainforest: Why use modern materials for the Kupixawa

    By Felix • October 20, 2025
    For thousands of years, the Noke Koi people (Katukina) have built their MAÍ SHOVO—sacred spaces and traditional schools—using raw wood and palm leaves such as jací, arícurí, and coção. Construction was a collective act involving all community members, from children to elders. But now, for the first time in their millennial history, the Noke Koi…
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  • From Palm Leaves to Permanence: Dismantling the Old Kupixawa

    By Felix • October 20, 2025
    Before the new Kupixawa can rise, the old one must come down. These photos show the traditional MAÍ SHOVO that has served the Varí Vino community for years—built with raw wood and palm leaves in the ancestral way of the Noke Koi people. Why Replace It? Traditional materials, while culturally significant, have a critical limitation:…
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  • Clean Water Flows: Varí Vino Well Completed

    By Felix • May 6, 2025
    After two weeks of construction, clean water is now flowing in Varí Vino village. The Well is Complete The 60-meter deep well, built by Perfurações Vale Poço, now provides clean drinking water to 20 children and their families. For years, the river was their only water source, but filtering was no longer enough to make…
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  • Construction of the waterwell

    By Aliento • April 22, 2025
    These photos show the construction of a 60-meter deep well built by Perfurações Vale Poço company. The two-week project brought clean water to 20 children and their families in Varí Vino village.
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  • Juwelery for the water well

    By Aliento • April 10, 2025
    “Le murmure d’une plume” sell ten creations for 25 euro to support the Katukina tribe, vari vino. By contributing, you are supporting the creation of a well and access to drinking water, a concrete improvement to the daily life of an indigenous family. 
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  • QI-gong for the water well

    By Aliento • March 14, 2025
    Marco Malfa, 30 years old, has been studying martial arts for several years. “I propose a sequence of QI Gong. The proceeds will economically support the construction of a drinking water well for the Katukina community. For information, write me at the number in the photo.
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  • Aura reading in benefit of Vari Vino

    By Aliento • March 7, 2025
    AURA READING : CHARITY KATUKINA INDIGENOUS TRIBE For info and reservations contact Giusi Trovato: on WhatsApp at +5513988182147 (the +55 is because I live in Brazil) Or on Telegram at +393201131596 The contribution/donation will be entirely donated to support the construction of a well for the indigenous Katukina tribe, as they have no drinking water….
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