* Recently (30 May 2023), protests by Guarani tribal people have erupted across Brazil (South America) as the country’s Chamber of Deputies approved a new land bill that will restrict the new recognition of ancestral land of indigenous people.

* The Guarani were one of the first peoples contacted after Europeans arrived in South America around 500 years ago.

* In Brazil, there are today around 51,000 Guarani living in seven states, making them the country's most numerous tribes. Many others live in neighbouring Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina of South America.

* These people in Brazil are divided into three groups : Kaiowá, Ñandeva and M’byá, of which the largest is the Kaiowá which means ‘forest people’.

* They are deeply spiritual people.

* Most communities have a prayer house, and a religious leader, whose authority is based on prestige rather than formal power..

Source : Down to Earth