Artist: Rayner Joao Mikiri Sihui
Name in Harakbut (pseudonym): Yonopua
Title: El Paso del Agua Sucia / The Passage of Dirty Water
Media: Paint on Canvas
Dimensions: 25”x 19”
Brief description: A Harakbut observes how the rivers change color – the dirty, arid forest dries up and consumes the healthy forest. The water is the source of life and is integral to the forest because it represents the wäwëri (beings of the rivers). For the Harakbut the contamination of water is the disappearance of humanity.