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Expedição Amazónia

Esta viagem até à Amazónia (Brasil) é muito mais do que uma oportunidade para fotografar à distância. É uma expedição etnográfica dedicada à criação de relações genuínas com pessoas que vivem uma realidade muito diferente da nossa, proporcionando uma verdadeira experiência de imersão cultural.

Participa em rituais xamânicos ancestrais, conduzidos pelo xamã da aldeia, e embarca numa jornada de cura e reconexão, em contacto próximo com as tradições, a cultura e as formas de vida das comunidades indígenas.

🗓️ Dezembro 2026 (8D/7N)

This 8-day ethnographic expedition offers a unique opportunity to spend time with the Noke Kuin people of the Brazilian Amazon — engaging directly with their worldview, their sacred ritual practices, and relationship with the forest.

The Noke Kuin have chosen to open their doors to a small number of people willing to engage with curiosity and respect, in a spirit of shared learning.

This is not a retreat center, but an indigenous village, where daily life, conversations, and selected rituals (including the use of traditional plant medicines) are experienced in context, guided by their elders.

Alongside this, you’ll be introduced to practical ethnographic approaches — ways of observing, documenting, and interpreting cultural aspects — that honour indigenous ways of seeing and experiencing the world.

For those who value depth, genuine reciprocity, and meaningful connection over a sanitised 'tour experience'.

UMA EXPERIÊNCIA ABERTA A TODOS:

Esta expedição é aberta a todos com +18 anos, sem limite de idade.

Não é necessária experiência ou formação em antropologia.

Inclui:

Donativo à aldeia para apoio a projetos de segurança alimentar;
Todas as medicinas índigenas e ancestrais;
Formação em trabalho de campo antropológico, workshops e acompanhamento por um especialista em antropologia;
Estadia na aldeia e refeições preparadas no local;
Certificado de autorização para acesso a área restrita.

Exclui:

Voos domésticos/internacionais;
Taxas do Visto;
Compras de artesanato;
Seguro de viagem e seguro médico.

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Shamanic Healing Rituals

Participate in ancestral healing rituals facilitated by the village shamans. Through their indigenous medicines and shamanic practices, you will be taken on a journey of healing, recovery and re-connection.

Establishing Rapport

Learn how to meaningfully connect with indigenous communities, understand their values, and build trust that allows for meaningful engagement.

Fieldwork Ethics

Learn the ethics that guide anthropologists and researchers when working with indigenous communities, ensuring that your engagement respects their identity, traditions, and voices.

Storytelling & Dissemination

Explore the responsible and ethical ways to share the stories and knowledge gathered during your journey. Learn how to create a platform for indigenous voices to be heard!

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Pre-Fieldwork Training

Session 1: Expedition Briefing
Session 2: Amazonian Cosmologies
Session 3: Workshop on Ethnographic Fieldwork & Research Ethics

Arrival in the Amazon

Community reception;
Traditional body painting with natural pigments for protection;
Purification Rituals: Sananga and Rapé medicinal circles.
Rest and Acclimatisation.

Initiation Into the Community

Workshop on Amazonian Cosmologies and Ethnography
Medicinal herbal bath with the village shaman;
Amazonian Ancestral Games with the indigenous community;
Ayahuasca Ceremony.

Participate in the Village Life

Breakfast and rest after a night of rituals;
Integration circle with the group;
Participate freely in the life of an Amazonian community;
Storytelling circle with village elders.

Fishing, Rainforest Walk, Medicinal Plants and Healing

Fishing with the community using traditional methods;
Rainforest walk with elder shaman to learn about sacred medicinal plants;
Ayahuasca Ceremony.

Cleansing, Shamanic Oracles and Storytelling

Breakfast and rest after a night of rituals;
Mud bath and medicinal herb smudging;
Personal oracle and guidance with the village shaman;
Storytelling about the past, present and future of the Noke Kuin people;
Open Q&A to the community.

Rebirth, Hunting and Village Feast

Kambô medicine;
Hunting Expedition;
Ayahuasca Ceremony.

Witness, Document, and Participate in Ancestral Rites

Body painting, music and dance circle with the community;
Learn traditional Arts & Crafts, gift exchange, purchase souvenirs (optional);
Closing ceremony with Ayahuasca.

Community Farwell

Expedition debrief;
Community farewell.

The ethos of this expedition is one of reciprocity — a two-way exchange of knowledge, respect, and understanding.

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Guias da Expedição

This expedition is guided through a close collaboration between an international ethnographer and respected members of the Noke Kuin community.

In 2019, the ethnographer conducted postgraduate fieldwork with the Noke Kuin, living in the very same village where this journey unfolds. This long-standing relationship offers a rare level of proximity and trust — creating the conditions for a form of cultural exchange that goes far beyond conventional access.

He is joined by a young Indigenous leader, son of the village chief, who carries forward the knowledge, responsibility, and continuity of his people. Bridging generations, he offers an intimate perspective into contemporary Noke Kuin life, culture, and the evolving realities of the forest.

The expedition is also facilitated by the village shamans, whose presence anchors the journey in the deeper cosmology, healing traditions, and ancestral knowledge of the Noke Kuin.

Together, this unique leadership structure brings participants into a rare intersection of perspectives — lived, inherited, and relational. Rather than approaching the forest as a destination, the team guides participants into it as a living world — shaped by memory, spirit, and resistance.

This is not tourism. It is a carefully held encounter, rooted in trust, respect, and reciprocity.

Vítor da Silva

Etnógrafo

Especialista em Direitos Indígenas

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Washme Noke Kuin

Jovem líder e ativista indígena

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