‘A beacon of hope’: Indigenous people reunited with sacred cloak in Brazil

‘A beacon of hope’: Indigenous people reunited with sacred cloak in Brazil

Denmark sends 300-year-old feathered cloak considered an ancestor by Tupinambá de Olivença to Rio

The scene resembled a funeral: seven Indigenous people, overcome with tears, gathered around a loved one resting in a coffin-like wooden box.

Instead of grief, however, it was a moment of celebration: the long-awaited reunion between the Tupinambá de Olivença people and a sacred feathered cloak that was taken from Brazil at least 335 years ago.

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