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Luiz Martins – Influences and Cognitions from a Local Point of View

The small town of Machacalis, named by the Maxakali indigenous community, is located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and remains quite small until today, with a population of around 7,000 inhabitants. The indigenous peoples, who lived there before the arrival of the colonizers, soon mingled with Quilombola communities that formed in the region—descendants of enslaved Africans who sought refuge in the forests to escape slavery. These mixed communities formed, becoming self-sufficient and preserving their cultural …