Life in the Amazon - Ninawa Pai da Mata Huni Kuin - MappingMedicine#007

Ninawa, Pai da Mata (Father of the Forest), Portuguese name: Francisco de Assis Mateus de Lima, is a spiritual leader of the Huni Kuin people in Novo Futuro village, Humaitá river, Acre, Brazil. He speaks about the situation of his community, deep in the Amazon rainforest, close to the border of Peru. The village is a four days boat ride away from the next town, Tarauacá. Filmed during the II edition of the Festival Eskawatã Kayawai, November 2015.