Description

Dancing with the Tupinambá is a collection between photographer Fernanda Liberti and indigenous artist and activist Glicéria Tupinambá. Glicéria is the first person in over three hundread years to make a Tupinambá Cape, a pre-colonial sacred garment that is a central point of spiritual connection and power for the community. Before her creation, there were only a few capes left in the world, all sitting in European collections for the last centuries. In the image is Glicéria and her son Eru, as hug in front of their home at the ancestral land of Serra do Padeiro, located in the South of Bahia, Brasil. The cape holds over 3000 bird feathers, all collected sustainably in her community. The profit from this collection will be used to support both of our artistic practises and specially to fund independent indigenous inciatives such as their food sovereignty and to allow Glicéria to provide a better education for her son.