earth summit: woodstock comes to the amazon - solar powered street lights
Loretta is a Yugoslav man with paint all over his body and a leopard on his body. skin toga.
"I have no country anymore.
"So I'm here," she said . "
Then she went to the tribal dance in front of the TV camera.
Chundra Roy, a Japanese Bengali based in the Netherlands, represents an unrepresented people's organization, and his situation is even more serious.
This scene took place on the grounds of a mental hospital in the outskirts of Rio, a crossroads between Woodstock and the Amazon jungle, where there was a Brazilian military guard. Kari-
The village of yaokah was provided by the Brazilian government, where the Amazon Indians set up a traditional village to receive indigenous Australians, Lapland, North American Indians, people from mountainous tribes in the Philippines and Thailand and a large number of Papuans.
The week before the Earth Summit, they held meetings on the rights of indigenous people, but the number of journalists often exceeded them.
In the past two months, when the government introduced solar energy, the village had been built.
Power street lights, water, public telephones and guards.
On the day off, the Indian construction team beat the British Rio residents. 0 at soccer.
Last week, tourists ate dummies with beer, paper plates and photos.
Part is the media circus, part is serious politics, and there is a lot in common with the main Earth Summit that is about to begin a few miles away.
The most obvious bare chest is the chest of Secretary Maurice Strong.
The president of the summit, who took off his shirt and tie and put on a local T-shirt
Shirt for Brazilian TV camera.
Some Aboriginal people live in the village, under the vast, spotless grass --thatched roofs.
Other people, especially Australian.
Conditional hotels by the beach in Copabana
There are coaches every morning.
There was a split between tribes.
Some Brazilian Indians are afraid that the government is trying to turn their meeting into a tourist attraction, and they have resigned before the meeting starts and will attend the Global Forum event in downtown Rio.
But for those who stay, there are Loreta's dance troupe and constant interviews and photo opportunities.