Living Heritage

Bracelets de perles de verre colorées à motifs géométriques

Glass Bead Jewelry (Miçanga)

Miçangas are small glass beads used in many Indigenous creations in Brazil. They allow for colorful, graphic, and highly distinctive compositions.

Glass Bead Jewelry (Miçanga)

Miçangas are small glass beads used in many Indigenous creations in Brazil. They allow for colorful, graphic, and highly distinctive compositions.

Groupe de personnes portant des peintures corporelles, des colliers et des parures de plumes

The indigenous ethnic groups of Brazil

Brazil brings together a great diversity of Indigenous peoples, each with their own languages, traditions, and territories. A cultural wealth often little known in Europe.

The indigenous ethnic groups of Brazil

Brazil brings together a great diversity of Indigenous peoples, each with their own languages, traditions, and territories. A cultural wealth often little known in Europe.

Tiges de capim dourado dans un paysage herbeux sous un ciel bleu

Capim Dourado: Brazil's Golden Treasure

Naturally golden, capim dourado is a plant fiber native to Tocantins. Combining material, craftsmanship, and expertise, it gives life to luminous creations.

Capim Dourado: Brazil's Golden Treasure

Naturally golden, capim dourado is a plant fiber native to Tocantins. Combining material, craftsmanship, and expertise, it gives life to luminous creations.

Portrait d’une personne portant une coiffe de plumes rouges

Munduruku ethnic group: a living culture of the...

The Munduruku live primarily in the Tapajós region. Their history, their territories, and their traditions bear witness to a culture that remains very much alive today.

Munduruku ethnic group: a living culture of the...

The Munduruku live primarily in the Tapajós region. Their history, their territories, and their traditions bear witness to a culture that remains very much alive today.

Graines de jarina aux surfaces blanches et brunes

Jarina: Discovering vegetable ivory

The Jarina produces a hard, light-colored seed nicknamed "vegetable ivory." Polished and worked, it becomes an astonishing material for craftsmanship.

Jarina: Discovering vegetable ivory

The Jarina produces a hard, light-colored seed nicknamed "vegetable ivory." Polished and worked, it becomes an astonishing material for craftsmanship.

Graines rouges sur une feuille verte, avec le titre « Le Pau Brasil, racine du pays »

Pau-brasil, root of the country

The Pau-brasil left a profound mark on the history of Brazil, even giving the country its name. Its reddish wood also tells a story of exploitation and territory.

Pau-brasil, root of the country

The Pau-brasil left a profound mark on the history of Brazil, even giving the country its name. Its reddish wood also tells a story of exploitation and territory.