http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-photography/article_2056.jsp Comments for "The Other Olympics, Calé " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-photography/article_2056.jsp <p> At the border of the Tocantins River in Brazil, on the outskirts of the Amazon rainforest, fourteen indian tribes competed in the First Traditional Indian Games of Pará (<em>I Jogos Tradicionais Indigenas do Pará</em>). From 15–20 June 2004, 470 indian men, women and children played ancient and modern games, such as soccer, archery, spear throwing, tug–of–war, canoeing, swimming and running. Some gave stunning demonstrations of traditional sports played only by their own tribes, like the tree–log relay race of the <em>Gavião</em> indians, where men carry 200–pound (90 kilogram) logs on their back, or the hockey sport of the <em>Kayapo</em> indians called <em>Ronkrã</em>. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-photography/article_2056.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-photography/article_2056.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-photography/article_2056.jsp#comment latin america arts &amp; cultures Calé Original Copyright photography the americas Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2056 at http://www.opendemocracy.net