Vari Vati being helped across a bridge in the Marubo Indigenous Territory in the Acre state of Brazil. — ©2024 The New York Times Company
AFTER more than 100 years in the rainforest, Vari Vati Marubo walks with a stick and, as she always has, barefoot.
So when her indigenous tribe, the Marubo, gathered for meetings this year in a village that would require a 20km hike across streams, fallen logs and dense forest to reach, everyone knew it would be difficult for her to attend.
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