Youths taking part in the Wyra'whaw coming-of-age festival sit in the Ramada ritual center before dancing in Tenetehar Wa Tembe village, located in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Territory in Para state, Brazil. Known as the Menina Moca in Portuguese, the three-day festival starts Friday and is for adolescent boys and girls in Brazil's Amazon.
Youths and mothers take part in the Wyra'whaw coming-of-age festival in the Ramada ritual center, in Tenetehar Wa Tembe village, located in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous territory in Para state, Brazil.
Girls play after the Wyra'whaw coming-of-age festival in the Ramada ritual center, in Tenetehar Wa Tembe village, located in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous territory in Para state, Brazil.
Community members collect meat from a grill to prepare Moqueada, a traditional Tembe food made with game meat, during the Wyra'whaw coming-of-age festival in the Ramada ritual center, in Tenetehar Wa Tembe village, located in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous territory in Para state, Brazil.
A girl drinks from a cup during the Wyra'whaw coming-of-age festival in the Ramada ritual center, in Tenetehar Wa Tembe village, located in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous territory in Para state, Brazil.
Indigenous children sit in hammocks on the sidelines of the Wyra’whaw coming-of-age festival in Tenetehar Wa Tembe village, located in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Territory in Para state, Brazil.
An elder of the Iracema Tembe village dances during the Wyra'whaw coming-of-age festival sit in the Ramada ritual center in Tenetehar Wa Tembe village, located in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Territory in Para state, Brazil.
Girls walk to the Wyra'whaw coming-of-age festival, in Tenetehar Wa Tembe village, located in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous territory in Para state, Brazil.
Youth take part in the Wyra'whaw coming-of-age festival in the Ramada ritual center, in Tenetehar Wa Tembe village, located in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous territory in Para state, Brazil.
A toucan perches on the fence of a house in the Indigenous community where the Wyra'whaw coming-of-age festival is taking place, in the Tenetehar Wa Tembe village, located in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Territory in Para state, Brazil.
