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  • The Jagua girls and women of the Peruvian Amazon wear red sarong-style skirts and an open vest-like garment made of red dyed tree fibers that they drape over their shoulders. The bands on their arms and ankles are made from the same fibers.
  • The Jagua women of the Peruvian Amazon wear red sarong-style skirts and an open vest-like garment made of red dyed tree fibers that they drape over their shoulders. The bands on their arms and ankles are made from the same fibers. .The river is the only means of transportation. People paddle dugout canoes, to carry jungle fruits, produce and fish to and from their villages.
  • The Jagua people use the natural red die of achiote to paint their faces. Until the beginning of the last century they were known to cover their full bodies and were thus nicknamed the "Red Skin" by other tribes. Men also wear headdresses made with colorful Amazon bird?s feathers.
  • The Jagua men use the natural red die of achiote to paint their faces. Until the beginning of the last century they were known to cover their full bodies and were thus nicknamed the "Red Skin" by other tribes..The women wear red sarong-style skirts and an open vest-like garment made of red dyed tree fibers that they drape over their shoulders. The bands on their arms and ankles are made from the same fibers. .The river is the only means of transportation. People paddle dugout canoes, to carry jungle fruits, produce and fish to and from their villages.
  • The Jagua people use the natural red die of achiote to paint their faces. Until the beginning of the last century they were known to cover their full bodies and were thus nicknamed the "Red Skin" by other tribes..women wear red sarong-style skirts and an open vest-like garment made of red dyed tree fibers that they drape over their shoulders. The bands on their arms and ankles are made from the same fibers. ..Here the chief of Santa Lucia holds his sarbacana (blowgun). It's almost 30 feet long and takes an amazing amount of lung power to blow a dart 150 feet up into the canopy to kill a bird. Darts are covered with curare, a potent poison used in hunting and tribal wars. Colorful feathers of macaws and parrots top a crown of woven, dyed-red tree fibers.
  • The Jagua people use the natural red die of achiote to paint their faces. Until the beginning of the last century they were known to cover their full bodies and were thus nicknamed the "Red Skin" by other tribes..women wear red sarong-style skirts and an open vest-like garment made of red dyed tree fibers that they drape over their shoulders. The bands on their arms and ankles are made from the same fibers.
  • Deep in the Amazon rainforest Ocaina people still practice body painting for various religious rituals. The Ocaina village of New Esperanza is a few hours upstream from Pevas on a branch of the Amazon. The living conditions are very basic, but people are very friendly and welcoming.
  • Deep in the Amazon rainforest Ocaina people still practice body painting for various religious rituals. The Ocaina village of New Esperanza is a few hours upstream from Pevas on a branch of the Amazon. The living conditions are very basic, but people are very friendly and welcoming.