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ARAMAA particle of the future

Northeast — Pitaguary Indigenous Territory

Pitaguary Territory collage with portraits, nature, and cutouts arranged on a spiral. (Opens in a new tab)

“In a just future, the walking is collective.”

“More simplicity in living, to take in the best of life.”

“That we may keep being inspired by our people and inspiring our people as we find the links of ancestral connection.”

Participants present the collage in the tree-lined yard at Dona Mazé’s home, with a goat in front. (Opens in a new tab)

Dream manifesto by the participants of the gathering in Pitaguary Territory, in Maranguape, Ceará

Gathering held at the house of Dona Mazé, an elder of the Pitaguary people, in Pitaguary Territory, in the municipality of Maranguape, Ceará, on 10 May 2025.

A just future includes all peoples, and the most vulnerable can be welcomed and helped. The planet that is being destroyed, and no longer has the green it once had, can be regenerated through reforestation, because if we are left without nature we will face a great problem of food scarcity.

We would like, in the future, to access more knowledge, opportunities to learn and revive the traditions of the elders.

We would like future generations to have nature preserved.

In that future we have the chance to look inward, more than outward, and thus find answers and be free. In the future we have a collective walking, and thus we can overcome challenges and keep going.

In the future we would like more simplicity in living, taking in the best of life. That childhood can be free, with more connections, more opportunities to play and feel joy, and with fewer social networks.
In the future we want opportunities to know other places, to fly in life.

We would like to keep helping people and to have opportunities to celebrate all together, without work overload, with more equality and with chances to rest.

We want to reach old age in peace, drinking tea…
That we may keep being inspired by our people and inspiring our people as we find the links of ancestral connection, whether to understand where food comes from or to inspire ancestral professional making.

Participants at the Pitaguary gathering work with cutouts on an outdoor table. (Opens in a new tab)

Participants

Larissa Vasconcelos, Kátia Oliveira, Natália Martins, Luana Sousa, Liliane Maciel, Zenir Barbosa, Francisca Cavalcante.

Conversation circle around the table in the yard at Dona Mazé’s home. (Opens in a new tab)

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