A photo from the performance BEING-US-HUMAN by Lilly Baniwa. It shows Lilly in front of a red wall with white drawings. She is standing barefoot on a red fabric and looks to the right. Lilly has long dark hair. Around her head is a ribbon with feathers. Her upper body is painted with black patterns. She is wearing a blue skirt and is holding red yarn in her hand.
A photo from the performance BEING-US-HUMAN by Lilly Baniwa in the festival center: Lilly has bangs and long dark hair. She is wearing a blue wrap-around skirt and her upper body is painted with patterns. She looks up and holds out one hand.

BEING-US-HUMAN

Lilly Baniwa

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This performance will weave ancestral memories narrated by Indigenous women from the Baniwa people, exploring intersections of knowledge across different worlds. Through this narrative, attendees will relive the journey of Amaro – the first woman of the world, the one who gave origin to all the women who exist today – along the Içana River, in the Amazon – where blood transformed into sacred water, symbolizing liberation from the Nãpirikonai (Baniwa Men), and nourishing humanity. The river that flows from Amaro represents the enduring spirit of freedom and sustains the possibility of living well on Earth, linking the past waters of ancestral women to the ongoing vitality of life on Earth.

Lilly Baniwa is an Indigenous actress, performer, artist and researcher from the Amazon region. Her most recent performances include SER-UMA-NÓS (BEING-US-HUMAN) and Antes do tempo existir, which she both developed and performs.

Evening programme of BEING-US-HUMAN as PDF

Production credits

Drawing Gustavo Caboco Wapichana Photos China Hopson