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Celebration of Tupinambá Mantle's return to be held September 12 in Rio de Janeiro
On July 11, the mantle was returned from the National Museum of Denmark to the National Museum located in Rio de Janeiro - Credit: Disclosure/National Museum of Denmark
The Brazilian Ministry of Indigenous Peoples (Ministério dos Povos Indígenas/MPI), in a joint action with the Ministries of Education (Ministério da Educação/MEC) and Culture (Ministério da Cultura/MinC) and in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministério das Relações Exteriores/MRE), will conduct a ceremony to celebrate the return of the Sacred Mantle of the Tupinambá People to Brazil in September, with the participation of Tupinambá leaders.
The official ceremony will be held on September 12 at Quinta da Boa Vista, in Rio de Janeiro, with the participation of representatives from the Tupinambá People, the Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara, and other authorities from the Federal, State, and Municipal governments, among other guests.
In the days leading up to the event, the Tupinambá People will promote sacred vigil rituals as well as visits to the mantle in a room at the National Museum’s Central Library. The entire event is being organized in permanent consultation with the representatives from the Tupinambá People in order to ensure the Indigenous community’s sacred right regarding the artifact.
RETURN OF THE MANTLE – A rare and sacred object belonging to the Tupinambá People, the mantle was returned from the National Museum of Denmark, arriving at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro on July 11. The articulations regarding the return of the piece to Brazil were conducted between Brazilian and Danish institutions, including the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), through the Brazilian Embassy in Denmark, the museums in both countries, and leaders from the Tupinambá People.
Between April 1 and 4 this year, the Brazilian Ministry of Indigenous Peoples organized expeditions to the Tupinambá territory, in Serra do Padeiro and Olivença, to fulfill the consultation process together with the Indigenous leaders and broader community, as defined by the Convention 169 of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The goal was to consult them about the importance of the ancestral mantle and their relationship with it, due to its sacred character, and to set strategies to enable the contact of the Tupinambás with the item.
Through its Secretariat of Articulation and Promotion of Indigenous Rights (Secretaria de Articulação e Promoção de Direitos Indígenas/SEART) and Department of Indigenous Languages and Memory (Departamento de Línguas e Memórias Indígenas/DELING), the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples has been developing recommendations and protocols to guarantee that Indigenous peoples have access to the items from their cultures that are currently held at national museums or abroad.