Tag: Guarani tribes

• Wednesday, April 26th 2017 - 08:28 UTC

  Tribesmen with bows and arrows clash with riot police in Brasilia on “Indigenous Week”

  

  Thousands of Brazilian indigenous tribe members clashed with riot police Tuesday while demonstrating in the capital, Brasilia, for greater rights. Some of the indigenous people were armed with bows and arrows, while police rained tear gas onto the protesters.

• Wednesday, September 10th 2014 - 04:29 UTC

  Paraguay argues that soccer was first played by Guarani tribes, according to Jesuit reports

  

  The Guarani tribes that lived in South America in the 17th century used to play a sport similar to soccer when the Jesuits arrived to establish their missions, claims a video based on historical documents released by Paraguay’s Secretary for Culture. Entitled “The Guaranies invented soccer,” the video collects findings made by anthropologists who studied the Jesuits’ legacy in the country.