An orchestra plays different rhythms, beating out time on a small indigenous drum called a tinya.
Its breezy cosmopolitan capital, Papeete, sits on Tahiti's northeastern tip and is the gateway to a captivating world of indigenous culture that infuses a chain of islands spread across 5 million square kilometres of sparkling ocean between Australia and South America.
The National Indigenous Foundation, Funai, a representation of indigenous tribes within the government, approved Belo Monte and is part of the ongoing process of constructing the dam.
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Panos Lioulias, chief executive of Qubis, a venture-capital outfit that nurtures spin-offs from Queen's University in Belfast, thinks indigenous entrepreneurs are a big part of the remedy.
The world premiere theatre performance of Black Diggers presents the touching, never-before-told stories of 1, 000 Indigenous soldiers who fought in WWI, while The Shadow King is a poignant and thought-provoking Indigenous re-working of King Lear, performed through a mix of live rock music using both English and Kriol (an Indigenous Australian dialect).
To hear traditional and contemporary indigenous music live, make a stop at the Dulan Sugar Factory Cafe, a former sugar factory that has been converted into a performance space for indigenous singers who hold impromptu jam sessions and welcome visitors to join in.
The indigenous tribe founded a city called Tenochtitlan in the valley now occupied by the modern Mexico City.
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But the minority who are of African or mixed European-indigenous descent form a higher proportion of its poorest people.
Guatemala has arrested an army colonel and eight soldiers accused of killing indigenous demonstrators during a protest last week.
Yet their plain-speaking and promises to care for the elderly, reduce taxes and preserve indigenous traditions strike a chord with many.
In societies like ours, with acute social inequalities, the lack of training in working with children from poor backgrounds and indigenous groups is a critical issue.
Tourism gives locals employment as guides, porters and drivers, gives income to shops, hotels and restaurants in the towns and provides indigenous villagers with a market for their handicrafts.
Members of the Nasa indigenous guard formed a circle around the three soldiers in the town of Caldono, in south-western Colombia, where they held them for a night and a day.
Influences of Buddhism and Confucianism can be found - again relics of waves of migration traceable to lands as distant as northern India and China - and the animistic beliefs of the indigenous Balinese remain a guiding influence for much of daily life.
With just 3.4m residents, only a third of them indigenous citizens, the emirate sits on a claimed 8% of the world's petroleum reserves.
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"The lookbook is a brilliant indigenous response to the rip-offs being marketed in mainstream media, " said Valerie Taliman, a citizen of the Navajo Nation and West Coast editor of Indian Country Today Media Network, the largest Native-operated media organization in the country.
"I wanted to make a culturally indigenous film while avoiding the formulaic subcontinental style, " he says.
These efforts are geared towards the development of a competitive indigenous-led creative micro-industry.
The first people in this area of valleys and peaks were Innu, a nomadic indigenous nation, known to the europeans as the Montagnais.
These can only be delivered by a robust indigenous private sector, either acting alone or acting in partnership with U.S. companies.
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Choose among offerings that emphasize ingredients indigenous to Vermont including a White Clay Body Mask, Mountain Man Facial or Mother Earth Massage.
Humans wiped out the indigenous wild animal population a century ago, but now the animals are back, carefully restocked and maintained in growing numbers.
Lionel Rose, who made Australian sporting history in 1968 by becoming the first indigenous boxer to win a world title bout, has also passed away.
Talking to a resident of a predominantly indigenous town in the area of Atitlan, he told me that most recently residents of the town captured three people suspected of committing crimes in the town.
Americans may not fully appreciate the extent to which strong constituencies in Tokyo who are demanding a totally indigenous fighter aircraft industry are being bolstered by delays and efforts on Capitol Hill to block the sale.
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The newly launched Digital Media Education Center at Delgado Community College, for example, trains students in video game design and post-production film work in an effort develop an indigenous workforce and ensure a sustainable industry in New Orleans.
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And as indigenous supplies fall, a looming shortfall in electricity generation (elderly nuclear plants and dirty coal-fired stations must soon be closed) will have to be met largely through more gas, which already provides 40% of Britain's power.
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The project was put on hold in November when the Ministry for the Environment in Paraguay announced it planned to hold further talks with representatives of the indigenous Ayoreo people - a process of engagement the museum fully endorsed.
Liberal Democrat AM Eluned Parrott highlighted the importance of having a sophisticated measuring tool in place to distinguish between distinguish between truly indigenous Welsh companies and those with a small office in Wales.
The residences at Sengokuyama occupy the bottom half of the 47-story building, giving residents a view of the 5-acre grounds, which include a garden specially designed to attract small indigenous birds such as woodpeckers and thrushes, as well as a tree-shaded plaza.
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