Here, two childhoods remind us that the present carries the past and shapes the future. They are heirs of stories and guardians of knowledge, a people who persist. They embody time in their skin, in their songs, in their gaze.
The Krahô, who live in northern Tocantins and are part of the Timbira nation, reveal in their bodies the ancestry that shapes them.
Their body paint is more than adornment—it is ritual, protection, belonging. The natural pigments—urucum, genipap, and charcoal—tell of clans, life cycles, and a deep connection with nature.
To document the journey of Indigenous peoples is to recognize other ways of knowing, living, and existing.
With only two centuries of contact with the white world, the Krahô stand strong—with their feet on the earth and their eyes on time.
And so, their children grow without forgetting who they are or where they come from.
