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Videos – Memories & Retrospective JO Paris 2024

Je vous propose de revivre, en vidéos, les moments forts, marquants et inoubliables des JO de Paris.. La rétrospective de ces Jeux exceptionnels et …

Videos – Memories & Retrospective JO Paris 2024

Hamas ready to implement ceasefire deal without new conditions, group says

After meetings with Qatari and Egyptian mediators in Doha on Wednesday, Hamas released a statement assuring its “readiness” to adopt US President Joe Biden’s long-gestating ceasefire deal, originally proposed in May, as pressure grows on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring home Israeli hostages.

Source: Hamas ready to implement ceasefire deal without new conditions, group says

The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 8 – « Totemic Light Sculptures II – Yanomami shamanic chants – Mixed media art installation » 1:19 | Barbara Crane Navarro

Totemic sculptures – The Bridge Gallery, Nemours, France

Yanomami shaman struggle against xawara – the smoke of epidemics – art installation with sounds of many Yanomami shaman chanting to protect the community!

The Yanomami shaman who fight the xawara epidemic diseases see their image appear in the form of strips of scarlet fabric.
They chant – Oru a wakëxi – the gold smoke: « The xawara epidemic is approaching and its smoke is glowing red! It is making the sky become ghost and is devouring all the human beings in its path! It must be driven away! »

Chants by Yanomami shaman, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela

Here’s the film:

 

For more information about the Rainforest Art Project, please see my website here:

http://www.barbaranavarro.com

And here in a blog by Palm Oil Detectives:

https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/114089794/posts/3744071063

Thank you so much for appreciating my work!
Barbara

Please help protect the forests, rivers, wildlife and the lives of the Yanomami and other Indigenous peoples by boycotting ALL products from deforestation; gold, palm oil, exotic wood, gemstones, soy, beef, leather, etc.

Source: The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 8 – « Totemic Light Sculptures II – Yanomami shamanic chants – Mixed media art installation » 1:19 | Barbara Crane Navarro

Monkey minds: what we can learn from primate personality — Palm Oil Detectives | Barbara Crane Navarro

Carla Litchfield, University of South Australia Every human is different. Some are outgoing, while others are reserved and shy. Some are focused and diligent, while others are haphazard and unfussed. Some people are curious, others avoid novelty and enjoy their rut. This is reflected in our personality, which is typically measured across five factors, known […]

Monkey minds: what we can learn from primate personality — Palm Oil Detectives

Source: Monkey minds: what we can learn from primate personality — Palm Oil Detectives | Barbara Crane Navarro

California is poised to ban octopus farming – Los Angeles Times (Me: Sign it Gov’)

California lawmakers have approved a bill that would make it illegal to farm octopuses in state waters or on land, as well as to import them.

The bill, AB 3162, now sits on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, awaiting his signature — or his veto.

Proponents of the bill say legislation is needed to position California as a leader in humane aquaculture. They point to a growing body of research showing that the eight-limbed creatures are self-aware and highly intelligent, and that turning them into food production materials is cruel, inefficient and detrimental to the environment.

Source: California is poised to ban octopus farming – Los Angeles Times