The “Amazonian Times” exhibition seeks to portray the different times that coexist in the Amazon, whether the time of millions of years of forest formation or the millenary time of the original peoples, of the indigenous people who have lived in the forest for millennia. It is interesting to see how in this indigenous environment we wanted to be inspired by a maloca (hut). It is not meant to be the same as one, but to be able to portray, through the ceiling, through the presence of smoke (as there are bonfires inside the malocas as well), to portray this inside the room and to be able to show all the cultural diversity of the different indigenous groups that are present in the Amazon. For example, we portray more than 170 languages that are currently spoken in the Amazon, grouped by their linguistic trunks. Through these languages and the objects present in the room, we can show and evidence this rich cultural diversity that exists among the native peoples of the Amazon.

We are in the Amazônia Milenar room, dedicated to the indigenous peoples who live in this region. One of the attractions of this area are the objects on display here, which include baskets, musical instruments, an oar and a tipiti.
Tipiti is a cylinder made of straw that is used to squeeze the cassava dough, separating the dry part, which is used to produce flour, from the liquid part, which can be used to produce a broth called tucupi.
When selecting these pieces, one of our goals is to reinforce the diversity that exists among the people who live in the forest. Each people has its traditions, knowledge and language, as shown by the panel that occupies three walls of this room, with more than one hundred and seventy indigenous languages.
If you observe the objects carefully, you will see how the look varies from one people to another. Compare, for example, the use of colored yarn in the basketry produced by the Waurá people with the basketry that is produced by the Yanomami people. I take the opportunity to share a curiosity. Did you know that in the Yanomami baskets that are displayed here in this room and that are made of braided vines, those dark threads that decorate the pieces are actually a kind of fungus?
We also have three musical instruments here: a drum and an Ashaninka flute and maracas from the Karajá people.
Many other curiosities await you in the next room, dedicated to the traditional communities that have lived in the forest for centuries. Find out more!

The Amazon Rainforest occupies a huge area of South America. It corresponds to 60% of the total area of Brazil. And about 80% of this original forest area is still performing essential ecosystem services for the maintenance of the climate in Brazil.
The areas that stand out in the preservation of the forest are Indigenous Lands and protected areas. This can be easily seen in satellite images. When looking at the Amazon, it is observed that the best-preserved areas are the Indigenous Lands and protected areas.
Brazil has to work to demarcate the entirety of Indigenous Lands and also provide resources to ICMBio and IBAMA so that protected areas are effectively preserved. This will ensure the maintenance of biodiversity, which is essential for the functioning of this rich Amazonian ecosystem.