Life for the whole planet!
Sônia Guajajara
Amarante do Maranhão, Brazil
Amarante do Maranhão, Brazil
Explanation of my mask and its message
This mask was created especially for me by the artist Néle Azevedo, as part of the Maskbook campaign for the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement.
Here is her message:
Indigenous people are the first protectors of the forest. They see themselves as the very extension of what they consider to be the earth-forest. Not a source of income but a breathing being gifted with a soul. I used laurel leaves picked in the wild. On these leaves I embroidered the names of indigenous ethnic groups that dwell in the forests of the lands which came to be called Brazil. I borrowed the laurel’s symbolism, originating in Greece, cradle of the western civilization. I embroidered the leaves with the names of the peoples who keep the forests standing and, in so doing, enable life on earth.
Here is her message:
Indigenous people are the first protectors of the forest. They see themselves as the very extension of what they consider to be the earth-forest. Not a source of income but a breathing being gifted with a soul. I used laurel leaves picked in the wild. On these leaves I embroidered the names of indigenous ethnic groups that dwell in the forests of the lands which came to be called Brazil. I borrowed the laurel’s symbolism, originating in Greece, cradle of the western civilization. I embroidered the leaves with the names of the peoples who keep the forests standing and, in so doing, enable life on earth.
My method of creation
Handmade
Mask created in
This portrait was taken by João Américo
who graciously assign its rights to the Maskbook project.
