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Village activitiesDespite the huge pressure to conform to the ways of settlers who have taken over much of the land surrounding their communities, the Wichí still practise many of their traditional activities. If the illegal deforestation of their ancestral homelands continues, these traditional activities are also likely to disappear. ){kind=small} ) ) ) ){kind=small} )
Crafts
The Chaguar leaves (from a bromeliad
plant) are collected from the forest. Then they are dried and spun
into a string, before being dyed and woven into bags or belts. Chacolinks
helps sell these in the UK.
Community projectsChacolinks provides help for community projects such as the building of a fence around the community of Hoktek T'oi and another to protect the market garden. Zlaqutahyi's Community Centre was another project, which was built entirely by the Wichí themselves, with financial support from IWGIA. Projects such as these not only help protect the Wichí from the problems caused by their aggressive and inconsiderate neighbours, but also help keep the community spirit strong in the face of incessant outside pressure. )
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Threats
to the Zlaqatahyi
communities In August 2007, ‘Rights of Use’ documentation was handed to the Hoktek T'oi community by local JP Blanor Guerrero. This gives back a 3000 hectare area of forest to the community; it was illegally taken from Hoktek T'oi over ten years ago. Full legal title is still awaited. See Photograph 9 (in the section 'Threats to the Zlaqatahyi Communities) for a picture of the forest, now partially cleared through commercial logging in the years in which it was out of the control of the community. Chacolinks plans to support the community in efforts to restore the forest. )
Photos by Simon Reeve, the presenter of a BBC series called Tropic of Capricorn The photos below were taken by Simon Reeve whilst filming the BBC series - Tropic if Capricorn. The episode filmed in Argentina is due to be shown on BBC2 on March 2nd 2008 at 20.00. For further information please see: www.bbc.co.uk/capricorn and www.shootandscribble.com )
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