BEHIND THE LENS — Elena Levon

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Yanomami tribe. Brazil, Amazon.

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“Trust”

East Timor 2016

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Yanomami tribe, Amazon, Brazil. January-February 2019

3 nights and 4 days I traveled by boat with the chief of Yanomami tribe and his family, crossing two rivers. (one way) Geronco (chief) is doing famous Parica inside a boat. His wife Cleonisi is blowing it inside his nose. I was in the "red zone" where in a tribe of about 100 people, 99% have Malaria, I didn’t get it. Became the first ever foreigner to have had permission to stay with this tribe and document their lives. Lived with them for 3 weeks.

I had the opportunity to attend and participate (dances, songs, hunting, shamanism) at the traditional Yanomami funeral ritual, where, at the end of the ritual, Yanomami Indians mix remains and crushed into ashes bones of the deceased with porridge made of bananas and water and then drink this porridge with the whole village. (I have not tried the porridge, because I didn’t know the person)

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Yanomami tribe, Amazon, Brazil.

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Timor-Leste (East-Timor)

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Men during “parika” ritual (yopo). This was during the famous funeral ritual, where this tribe still practices endocannibalism. Yanomami tribe, Amazon, Brazil.

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During “Parika” aka “Yopo” session. Yanomami tribe. Amazon, Brazil

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Nukak-Maku — last nomadic tribe of Colombia. Unfortunately there are only around 400 Nukak left.

2018

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East Timor

2016

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Yanomami girl with pet monkey. Amazon, Brazil.

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Rodeo. Nicaragua

2018

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Uganda

2012

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“Famadihana” ceremony. Dancing with the dead (Turning of the bones) Madagascar

2017

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“Famadihana” ceremony. Dancing with the dead (Turning of the bones) Madagascar

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Famadihana (Turning of the bones/Dancing with the dead)

17/7/2017

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Yanomami tribe, Amazon, Brazil

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“Tribal Tattoo” Saramacca tribe. Suriname

2018

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Yanomami shaman Mauro. Amazon, Brazil

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Daily life of young monks inside a monastery. Myanmar

2017

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12.500 year-old cave paintings. Colombia

2018

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Sicily, Italy

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Argentina

2014

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World Cup 2014, Argentina

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World Cup 2014, Argentina

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Chief Geronco. Yanomami tribe. Amazon, Brazil

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Young men making banana soup into which crashed bones of the dead relative will be placed. Filmed during the famous funeral ritual, where this tribe still practices endocannibalism. Yanomami tribe, Amazon, Brazil.

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Dances during the famous funeral ritual, where this tribe still practices endocannibalism. Yanomami tribe, Amazon, Brazil.

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12.500 year-old cave paintings. Colombia

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World Cup 2014, Argentina

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Yanomami tribe. Amazon, Brazil.

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Artist Mo Mohamed. Aruba

2018

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Myanmar

2017

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Maasai Tribe. Kenya 2011

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Yanomami tribe. Amzon, Brazil

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Amazon, Brazil

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Life of local cowboys (Pantaneiros) in the biggest wetland of our world - Pantanal, Brazil

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Yanomami shaman. Amazon, Brazil

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Uruguay

2014

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Staying at Tatuyo tribe.

Amazon, Brazil 2014

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Thailand

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Yanomami tribe. Amazon, Brazil

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Rodeo. Nicaragua

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Sicily, Italy

(shot on film)

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Local pantaneiros (cowboys) racing through the wetlands of Pantanal. Brazil

2018

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Aruba

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Young monks. Myanmar

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“They will not be forgotten”

Yanomami tribe. Amazon, Brazil 2019

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Cuba

2014

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“Royal Rats” After the hunt with Yanomami tribe. Amazon, Brazil

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New York, USA

2012

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During a dance. Yanomami tribe. Amazon, Brazil

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“Journey”

East Timore 2016

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Embera tribe, Darien Gap jungle, Panama.

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Uruguay

2014

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Vietnam

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Myanmar

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Living with Embera tribe, inside the rarely visited corner of the most dangerous jungle in the world - deep inside The Darien Gap. Panama (near Colombia border)

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East Timor

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New Zealand

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Chief of Tutuala village. Timor-Leste (East-Timor)

2016

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Myanmar

2017

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Amazon, Brazil

2014

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Thailand

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Woman is preparing a royal rat (Paca) - the biggest rats in the world. Yanomami tribe. Amazon, Brazil

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Myanmar

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Argentina

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Zambia

2011

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Living with Embera tribe, inside the rarely visited corner of the most dangerous jungle in the world - deep inside The Darien Gap. Panama (near Colombia border)

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Morocco

2012

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Fiji

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Bolivia

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After sniffing “Parika” aka “Yopo”. Yanomami tribe. Amazon, Brazil

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Aruba

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Yanomami tribe. Amazon, Brazil

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East Timor

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Thailand

2017

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Madagascar

2017

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Singapore

2017

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New Zealand

2016

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Yanomami shaman Mauro. Amazon, Brazil.

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Paraguay

2014

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Living with Embera tribe, inside the rarely visited corner of the most dangerous jungle in the world - deep inside The Darien Gap. Panama (near Colombia border)

2018

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Uganda

2012

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Saramacca tribe. Suriname

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Living with Embera tribe, inside the rarely visited corner of the most dangerous jungle in the world - deep inside The Darien Gap. Panama (near Colombia border)

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Cuba

2014

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Sicily

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boy from last nomadic tribe of Colombia; Nukak-Maku hunting with poisonous arrows. Guaviare, Colombia

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Madagascar

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Chief’s wife, Cleonisi and her son. Yanomami tribe. Amazon, Brazil

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Zanzibar, Tanzania

2011

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Living with Embera tribe, inside the rarely visited corner of the most dangerous jungle in the world - deep inside The Darien Gap. Panama (near Colombia border)

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Cuba

2014

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Embera Tribe, Darien Gap, Panama

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Laos

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New Zealand

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Uganda

2012

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World Cup 2014, Argentina

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Vietnam

2017

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Sicily

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Embera tribe, Panama. 2018

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East Timor

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Sicily, Italy

(shot on film)

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Madagascar

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Living with Embera tribe, inside the rarely visited corner of the most dangerous jungle in the world - deep inside The Darien Gap. Panama (near Colombia border) 2018

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World Cup 2014, Argentina

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World Cup 2014, Argentina

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Pantanal Cowboy. Brazil

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Curacao

2018

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Myanmar

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London, UK

2012

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Philippines

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Living with Embera tribe, inside the rarely visited corner of the most dangerous jungle in the world - deep inside The Darien Gap. Panama (near Colombia border)

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Nukak-Maku tribe. Colombia

2018

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Family house in rural Nicaragua

2018

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Madagascar

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Kenya

2011

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