EN FOTOS: Juegos Mundiales Indígenas
Indigenous players, Canadian Jasmine Hunt, right, and Peru’s Kelly Ochoa fight for the ball during a soccer game at the World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Organizers billed the nine-day-long event as a sort of indigenous Olympics. But for many of the participants from some 20 countries, the sports themselves appear to be taking a back seat to what they say really matters _ cross-cultural sharing and learning. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
Anunciado como una respuesta de pueblos indígenas a los Juegos Olímpicos, el evento de nueve días de duración ha atraído alrededor de 2.000 pueblos nativos de decenas de tribus brasileñas y cerca de 20 países a Palmas, una ciudad agrícola de clima húmedo y caluroso en el centro de Brasil.
La ceremonia de apertura el viernes fue un acto elaborado y teatral. El evento, orquestado por un productor que colabora en la planificación de la ceremonia de apertura de los Juegos Olímpicos de 2016 en Río de Janeiro, incluyó un desfile de pueblos indígenas con trajes aborígenes que iban desde faldas de paja y plumas para clima tropical a pieles para clima ártico.
PALMAS, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 27: Indigenous people from several tribes are pictured at the sports arena during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples on October 27, 2015 in Palmas, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)
PALMAS, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 27: Indigenous men from the Xerente tribe watch the competition during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples on October 27, 2015 in Palmas, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)
PALMAS, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 27: Brazilian Indians talk on the river bank during the first World Indigenous Games on October 25, 2015 in Palmas, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)
PALMAS, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 27: Brazilian Indians native practices canoeing during the first World Indigenous Games on October 25, 2015 in Palmas, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)
PALMAS, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 27: A Brazilian indigenous native practices canoeing during the first World Indigenous Games on October 25, 2015 in Palmas, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)
PALMAS, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 27: A Brazilian indigenous native practices canoeing during the first World Indigenous Games on October 25, 2015 in Palmas, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)
PALMAS, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 27: An indigenous man from the Kanela tribe competes in a spear-throwing competition during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples on October 27, 2015 in Palmas, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)
PALMAS, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 27: An indigenous man from the Kanela tribe competes in a spear-throwing competition during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples on October 27, 2015 in Palmas, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)
PALMAS, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 27: An indigenous man from the Matis tribe demonstrates the use of a blowpipe during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples on October 27, 2015 in Palmas, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)
PALMAS, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 27: An indigenous man from the Xerente tribe competes in a relay race carrying a tree trunk during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples on October 27, 2015 in Palmas, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)
A Rikbaktsa indigenous man from Brazil watches a soccer game between Canada and Peru at the World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Organizers billed the nine-day-long event as a sort of indigenous Olympics. But for many of the participants from some 20 countries, the sports themselves appear to be taking a back seat to what they say really matters _ cross-cultural sharing and learning. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
Indigenous female players from Peru dance before their soccer game with Canada at the World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Organizers billed the nine-day-long event as a sort of indigenous Olympics. But for many of the participants from some 20 countries, the sports themselves appear to be taking a back seat to what they say really matters _ cross-cultural sharing and learning. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
A Rikbaktsa indigenous man from Brazil watches a soccer game between Canada and Peru at the World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Organizers billed the nine-day-long event as a sort of indigenous Olympics. But for many of the participants from some 20 countries, the sports themselves appear to be taking a back seat to what they say really matters _ cross-cultural sharing and learning. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
A indigenous man practices canoeing during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
A indigenous man practices canoeing during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
A indigenous man speaks in his cellphone on the river bank during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
Indigenous player from Canada, Lyre Clare, left, disputes the ball with indigenous player from Peru, Robles Quisae, during a soccer game at the World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Organizers billed the nine-day-long event as a sort of indigenous Olympics. But for many of the participants from some 20 countries, the sports themselves appear to be taking a back seat to what they say really matters _ cross-cultural sharing and learning. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
A pair of soccer cleats sit on the bleachers where indigenous players from Canada prepare for a game with Peru at the World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Organizers billed the nine-day-long event as a sort of indigenous Olympics. But for many of the participants from some 20 countries, the sports themselves appear to be taking a back seat to what they say really matters _ cross-cultural sharing and learning. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
Indigenous female players from Peru dance before their soccer game with Canada at the World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Organizers billed the nine-day-long event as a sort of indigenous Olympics. But for many of the participants from some 20 countries, the sports themselves appear to be taking a back seat to what they say really matters _ cross-cultural sharing and learning. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
In this Oct. 24, 2015 photo, indigenous men take photos of a Pataxo indigenous woman from Brazil during a “parade of indigenous beauty” at the World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Brazil. The Indigenous Games’ organizers stressed it wasn’t a beauty contest _ no queen was crowned, no runners-up selected. It was, they insisted, a celebration of facial features, body types and adornments not often given their due. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
In this photo taken Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, Brazilian indigenous prepare for a indigenous beauty parade during World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil. Rail-thin or thick-waisted, swathed in scarfs and ankle-length skirts or wearing only a thong bikini bottom and bodypaint, they incarnated the cannons of beauty of first peoples from across Brazil and as far afield as Panama and French Guyana. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
In this photo taken Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 a Brazilian woman from the Manoki ethnic group takes part in the parade of indigenous beauty at the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Rail-thin or thick-waisted, swathed in scarfs and ankle-length skirts or wearing only a thong bikini bottom and bodypaint, they incarnated the cannons of beauty of first peoples from across Brazil and as far afield as Panama and French Guyana. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
An indigenous man from the Kanela tribe competes in a spear-throwing competition during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
An indigenous man from the Matis tribe demonstrates the use of a blowpipe during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
In this picture taken Saturday Oct. 24, 2015, Adelma Simoes Madeira, 16, a Brazilian Terena, smiles during parade of indigenous beauty at World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. A 16-year-old from the Terena people of central Brazil, with wide-set eyes and an even wider smile, Madeira was one of more than 60 women and girls taking part in the “parade of indigenous beauty,” at the World Indigenous Games in Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
An indigenous man from the Pataxo tribe watches a relay race where the contestants carry tree trunks during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
An indigenous man from the Kuikuru tribe watches a relay race where the contestants carry tree trunks during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
An indigenous man from the Xerente tribe competes in a relay race carrying a tree trunk during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
Indigenous men from the Xerente tribe compete in a relay race carrying tree trunks during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
A Maori from the New Zealand performs during the ceremony of the sacred fire of the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. Billed as the indigenous Olympics, the games are expected to attract nearly 2,000 athletes from dozens of Brazilian ethnicities, as well as from such far-flung nations as Ethiopia and New Zealand. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
A Brazilian Indian Bororo attends a competition at the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Billed as the indigenous Olympics, the games are expected to attract nearly 2,000 athletes from dozens of Brazilian ethnicity, as well as from such far-flung nations as Ethiopia and New Zealand. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
A Gaviao Indian girl plays tug-of-war during the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. The debut competitions were pushed back to Sunday, which saw a surprise upset in the blistering tug-of-war event: New Zealand’s fierce Maori warriors lost a battle of the titans against the fridge-sized Bakairi people, of central Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
A Brazilian Bororo Indian is seen in front of the moon at the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Non-indigenous locals from sleepy Palmas, where the Games are the biggest thing ever to roll into the town during its short 27-year history as the capital of Brazil’s newest state of Tocantins, got in on the action, too, filling the bleachers and swarming the handicraft fair, getting body paint tattoos and donning headdresses made from macaws. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
An Indian from the United States takes part in the bow and arrow competition at the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. The event, which comes one year after Brazil played host to soccer’s World Cup and ahead of next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, kicked off on Friday. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
An indigenous man from the Paresi tribe tries to head the ball during the Jikunahati competition, a form of soccer played with one’s head, at the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
An indigenous man from the Paresi tribe tries to head the ball during the Jikunahati competition, a form of soccer played with one’s head, at the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
An indigenous man from the Paresi tribe tries to head the ball during the Jikunahati competition, a form of soccer played with one’s head, at the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
An indigenous man from the U.S. fires an arrow during the bow-and-arrow competition at the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
An indigenous man from the Bororo people fires an arrow during the bow-and-arrow competition at the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
Indigenous men from the Erikbaktsa tribe watch the bow-and-arrow competition at the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
An indigenous man from the Kayapo people walks during the bow-and-arrow competition at the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
Pataxos Indians paint messages on their bodies against the proposed amendment to the Brazilian constitution that would change the rules of demarcation of indigenous lands, during the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Native Brazilians represent around two dozen of the continent-sized country’s more than 300 tribes make up the lion’s share of participants at the Games, and their problems have taken center stage at the event. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
Gaviao children play with a Barbie doll during the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. The Games have been hampered by technical hick-ups and allegations of mismanagement and poor organization. On opening day, construction workers were still busily buzzing away on the installations, and some participants have complained of poor conditions in the indigenous lodgings, which the press was forbidden from visiting. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
Brazilian Pataxos Indians with their bodies painted, hold a protest against the proposed amendment to the Brazilian constitution that would change the rules of demarcation of indigenous lands, during the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Native Brazilians represent around two dozen of the continent-sized country’s more than 300 tribes make up the lion’s share of participants at the Games, and their problems have taken center stage at the event. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
A full moon is seen during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil, October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ** Usable by SD ONLY ** (UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Photo)
A participant from Philippines takes part in the bow and arrow competition at the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Organizers billed the nine-day-long event as a sort of indigenous Olympics. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
An Brazilian Kayapo Indian takes part in the bow and arrow competition at the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. For many of the nearly 2,000 participants from some 20 countries who converged last week on host city Palmas, a remote agricultural outpost in Brazil’s sunbaked heartland, the sports themselves appear to be taking a back seat to what they say really matters, cross-cultural sharing and learning. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)
A Pataxo Indian with his painted body holds protest against the proposed amendment to the constitution of the rules of demarcation of indigenous lands, during the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. Organizers billed the nine-day-long event as a sort of indigenous Olympics. But for many of the nearly 2,000 participants from some 20 countries who converged last week on host city Palmas, a remote agricultural outpost in Brazil’s sunbaked heartland, the sports themselves appear to be taking a back seat to what they say really matters, cross-cultural sharing and learning. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres / AP)