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What does body painting mean to the Embera culture? One finds identity through this ancestral custom. “When I use painting, it’s like being my real self…I realise that I’m a real Emberá. My identity appears.”
Film edited by Jose Hernandez; filmed by Truman Granwell, Elio Barrigon and Jose Hernandez.
Produced during the youth training workshop in Panama August 2018
Communities need ownership over their ancestral land in order to protect forests. With no formal land title traditional communities often face serious conflict when trying to evict illegal loggers, poachers and land grabbers. Who will believe their claims without precise maps and legal title deeds?
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