A Trip to the Bay of Jaguars invites us to see life through the lenses of nature and the sacred, just as the indigenous peoples do. For them, the natural world speaks, and its voices can be heard by those who are sensitive. Berenice's relationship with her garden and the birds is also a metaphor for the indigenous struggle and the environmental urgency: a journey that cannot be forgotten and must be told to future generations so that they learn to care for the Earth, honor the ancestors, and, like Berenice, move toward a future in which humans, animals, and nature coexist in harmony.

Márcia Wayna Kambeba

The Authors

Betty Mindlin grew up among books, plants, and animals, playing on dirt roads. With the desire to fix the world, she studied economics at USP. Unsatisfied, with young children, she chose to become an anthropologist. It was during this time that she earned her PhD at PUC-SP under the guidance of anthropologist Carmen Junqueira. In 1978, she went with Carmen to the Amazon, forming a lifelong partnership with indigenous peoples. The first were the Paiter Suru, followed by the peoples in this book. Alongside indigenous peoples, her love for reading and writing expanded as she discovered voices, songs, struggles, and fascinating stories that had not yet been represented in written form. She published several books with oral indigenous narratives, being responsible for both the Portuguese writing and the translation of the records in the languages of each people, such as Tuparis and Tarupás, Vozes da origem dos Suruí de Rondônia, Moqueca de maridos, and Terra grávida; in addition to books authored by her, such as Diários da floresta and Crônicas despidas e vestidas. Many things she learned from indigenous peoples are in this book.

Rita Carelli is an illustrator and also writes books and works in theater and cinema. She was fortunate, thanks to her parents, to frequent indigenous territories—both material and symbolic—since she was born. With the NGO they founded, Vídeo nas Aldeias, she organized the collection of book-films Um Dia na Aldeia, in partnership with several indigenous filmmakers. She wrote the illustrated books Minha família Enauenê, which tells of experiences from her childhood lived with the Enawenê-nawê, Menina Mandioca, O caminho para a casa de barro, a partnership with Xadalu, and Amor, o coelho, as well as illustrating books by other authors. In 2021, she released the novel Terrapreta, which won the São Paulo Literature Award in the "Best Debut Novel" category. She is also responsible for the research and organization of A vida não é útil and Futuro ancestral, by Ailton Krenak.

Technical Information:

40 pages
Brochure
17 cm x 21 cm
Weight: 0.25 kg
ISBN: 978-65-86666-53-3
Price: R$ 54,00
Release: February 15, 2025