Rui Meira Gallery hosts exhibition 'Echoes of Xingu: memory, land, and ancestry'
The photographs of Walda Marques mark the ancestral presence inscribed in bodies, gestures, places, and objects of the Juruna and Arara peoples of the Volta Grande do Xingu
The Rui Meira Gallery, located at the Casa das Artes in Belém, will host the exhibition "Echoes of Xingu: memory, land, and ancestry" starting this Wednesday (12), which portrays the strength and traditions of the Juruna and Arara peoples of the Volta Grande do Xingu. The initiative is supported by the Cultural Foundation of Pará (FCP), responsible for the Casa das Artes.
The exhibition features photographs by Walda Marques about the ancestral presence inscribed in bodies, gestures, places, and objects. The exhibition will be open from November 12 to 26, from 10 AM to 5 PM, with free admission.
Visitors can enjoy an aesthetic and emotional immersion, in which ancestry manifests in visual narratives that express the strength of women and men from the Juruna and Arara ethnicities, and their vital connections to the territory and the wisdom transmitted by rivers and the land.
The attending public can also visit the profiles of indigenous artists and artisans through QR Codes, which will be available next to each artwork. The initiative strengthens the visibility and creative economy of these communities.
Cultural impact - The project "Echoes of Xingu: memory, land, and ancestry" has had a direct impact on the revitalization of indigenous languages, the artisanal production of beads and graphics specific to the ethnicities, and the creation of products aimed at insertion into the national and international markets, involving the Paquiçamba, Mïratu, Pupekuri, Jaguar, Iya-Pukaka, Lakariká, Boa Vista (Juruna ethnicity), and Guary Duan, Itkoun, Terrawangã, and Maricá (Arara ethnicity) villages.
The exhibition reaffirms the vital strength of the peoples and the urgency to listen to their knowledge, their voices, and their rivers, today more than ever, under the world's gaze.
In addition to the exhibition at the Rui Meira Gallery, the "Echoes of Xingu" exhibition will also be available for visit at the City Park, in the Green Zone, an open space for the public during COP30.
Service: Exhibition "Echoes of Xingu: memory, land, and ancestry", from November 12 to 26, from 10 AM to 5 PM, at the Rui Meira Gallery, at the Casa das Artes - Rua Dom Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos, No. 236, Nazaré neighborhood (next to the Basilica Sanctuary of Nazaré). Free admission.
Text: Matheus Maciel - Ascom/FCP
