Brazil's Guarani Indians
Guarani Indians were among the first indigenous people to come into contact with European settlers in South America about 500 years ago, says Survival, which campaigns for the rights of tribal people.
An estimated 51,000 Guarani live in seven states in Brazil, making them the nation’s biggest tribe, according to the charity. More than 700 members of the tribe live in three villages in the Jaragua district just outside the city of Sao Paulo.
Maria Rita, 100 years old, sits in the village of Pyau.
A Guarani Indian woman smokes a pipe.
A boy gets medical treatment at an outpatient clinic as his mother helps him.
A boy walks to school.
A woman teaches children in a classroom.
Guarani Indian children play.
A boy plays with a kite.
Guarani Indian boys stand in the village of Pyau.
A woman washes kitchen pots and pans as she looks at her daughter.
A girl washes her foot.
Guarani Indian boys take a bath.
Children look from a window of their house.
