Amazonias: The Ancestral Future
Amazons. The Ancestral Future takes us into the immense natural and cultural richness of the territory, cities and indigenous communities of the Amazon to discover the art, the thinking and the huge ecological impact of a region that is central for the future of the planet.
The exhibition takes a collective look at Amazonian culture and highlights indigenous voices that through art, thinking, science and activism propose other ways of living, growing and relating to nature.
Amazonia is vast in its extension and diversity: it crosses nine states where over 30 million people live, 60% in urban areas. The region is also the original habitat of some 400 indigenous peoples who speak over 300 different languages. The temperature of the planet and climate change depend on the Amazon rainforest, the world鈥檚 largest tropical ecosystem.
Amazons. The Ancestral Future is a sensory journey through the immensity of rivers and forests, through the sounds, smells, cities, rituals, people and life stories of Amazonian communities. Today, this vast cultural and natural wealth is affected by deforestation, fires, drought and struggles for the control of raw materials, conflicts that the exhibition addresses with the help of the region鈥檚 leading scientists and researchers.
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Amazons. The Ancestral Future takes us into the immense natural and cultural richness of the territory, cities and indigenous communities of the Amazon to discover the art, the thinking and the huge ecological impact of a region that is central for the future of the planet.
The exhibition takes a collective look at Amazonian culture and highlights indigenous voices that through art, thinking, science and activism propose other ways of living, growing and relating to nature.
Amazonia is vast in its extension and diversity: it crosses nine states where over 30 million people live, 60% in urban areas. The region is also the original habitat of some 400 indigenous peoples who speak over 300 different languages. The temperature of the planet and climate change depend on the Amazon rainforest, the world鈥檚 largest tropical ecosystem.
Amazons. The Ancestral Future is a sensory journey through the immensity of rivers and forests, through the sounds, smells, cities, rituals, people and life stories of Amazonian communities. Today, this vast cultural and natural wealth is affected by deforestation, fires, drought and struggles for the control of raw materials, conflicts that the exhibition addresses with the help of the region鈥檚 leading scientists and researchers.
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