Photo Gallery

Substance fishing, riverside people of the Tocantins Brazil River. Photo: Fernando Brunno de Oliveira. Free from copyright. 2023.

Aerial view of a straw shack built in a depression, probably used to store salt for cattle, completely flooded in the middle of the Chacororé Lagoon region in Barão de Melgaço-MT. Brazil. Photo: Mário Friedlander. Copyright Mario Friedlander and Water Museum of Federal University of Tocantins. ND.

Low-cost irrigation system that facilitates subsistence food production. Mandala project. Quilombola Community in Lagoa da Pedra. Arrais. Tocantins. Brazil. Photo: Government of the State of Tocantins.Copyright Government of the State of Tocantins and Water Museum of Federal University of Tocantins . 2009.

Nursery of fish species in the Utiariti Indigenous Land. Mato Grosso (Brazil). Photo: Heber Grácio. Free from copyright. 2019.

Aerial view of a large colony of Victoria Cruziana, Vitória Régia do Pantanal in a bay next to the Cuiabá river in the Barão de Melgaço-MT region (Brazil). Photo: Mário Friedlander. Copyright Mário Friedlander and Water Museum of Federal University of Tocantins. ND.

Aerial view of flooded fields on the edge of a Pantanal river, Pantanal of Corumbá-MS (Brazil). Photo: Mário Friedlander. Free from copyright. ND.

View of the flower of Victoria cruziana, the Vitória Régia of the Pantanal, Pantanal of Cáceres-MT (Brazil). Photo: Mário Friedlander. Copyright Mário Friedlander and Water Museum of Federal University of Tocantins. ND.

Deforestation on the banks of a tributary of the Xingu River (Brazil). Photo: Heber Grácio. Free from copyright. 2014.

Hetohoky Festival of the Karajá ethnic group, transition from childhood to adulthood for the community's indigenous boys. As part of the ritual, the boys learn to hunt, fish and value the natural resources from which the village derives sustenance for the family. Bananal Island (Tocantins). Brazil. Photo: Heber Grácio. Free from copyright. 2013.

Aruanã, a spirit of the underwater world, where the Karajá people came from - Bananal Island (Tocantins). Brazil. Photo: Heber Grácio. Free from copyright. 2013.

Tourists observe a colony of the Vitória-Regia do Pantanal (Victoria cruziana) in a bay off the Paraguay River. Brazil. Photo: Mário Friedlander. Copyright Mario Friedlander and Water Museum of Federal University of Tocantins. ND.

Karajá child with feather ornaments. The colorful feathers of the headdresses and buriti straw skirts and the paintings extracted from annatto and genipapo represent joy during the ritual - Bananal Island (Tocantins). Brazil. Photo: Heber Grácio. Free from copyright. 2013.

Impressive view of Chacororé Bay full of water and aquatic vegetation and a small herd of cattle following a trail in search of a drier area, Barão de Melgaço-MT. Brazil. Photo: Mário Friedlander. Copyright Mario Friedlander and Water Museum of Federal University of Tocantins. ND.

Various aspects of the use of the exuberant Guaporé River in the Vila Bela region, despite the growing interest in tourism and environmental conservation activities, agribusiness practically took over all the land in the region, causing unprecedented environmental devastation and threatening the lifestyle of traditional populations and this important Amazon river. Guaporé River in Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade MT. Brazil. Photo: Mário Friedlander. Copyright Mario Friedlander and Water Museum of Federal University of Tocantins. ND.

Trunk canoe with stern motor used for fishing activities - Ilha do Bananal (Karajá People). Brazil. Photo: Heber Grácio. Free from copyright. 2013.

Fisherman with his canoe in the Barra do São Lourenço Community, on the other side of the Paraguay River, Morro Pão-de-açúcar in Serra do Amolar, Corumbá-MS. Brazil. Photo: Mário Friedlander. Copyright Mario Friedlander and Water Museum of Federal University of Tocantins. ND.

Fishing on the Araguaia river - Karajá People. Brazil. Photo: Heber Grácio. Free from copyright. 2013.

Aerial view of cattle being removed from the flooded field and taken to higher pasture areas, Pantanal de Corumbá-MS Brazil. Photo: Mário Friedlander. Copyright Mario Friedlander and Water Museum of Federal University of Tocantins. ND.