PRESERVATION OF BRAZILIAN INDIGENOUS ART
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The Kayapó tribe is located in the state of Pará, in the Xingu basin, surrounded by the Amazon Rainforest. The Kayapó are known for their traditional art of body painting, created by women, to celebrate rituals. The style involves the use of geometric lines, typically in black or red paint, which symbolize social status and behavior (Funbio, 2021). An image of a traditional Kayapó painting on textile is shown in Figure 2. The paint is handmade by using the jenipapo and urucum fruits and seeds found in the Amazon rainforest (Funbio, 2021). This practice has been a source of income to the Kayapó community, which has recently innovated by painting on textiles that can be easily marketed. Furthermore, because the tradition of body painting is restricted to women, the art empowers them as the holders of traditional knowledge with the duty to pass it down to future generations. All Kayapó women are painters, and they present themselves with one black hand, which is the palette, and one white hand, or the hand that paints (Vidal, 1992). Figure 2 Kayapó Painting
Note. Jenipapo and charcoal paint on textile
