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Tribal activist Advocate Joao Fernandes's mother at a tribal festival. To this

day, she actively participates with her son and others in the Intrumez song and
dance performance at the annual tribal festival in Quepem. She possess a
wealth knowledge of tribal songs which Joao has recently documented.
Flower-bedecked
Gavdda women.
Nature and
Gavddas are
traditionally
bound together.