AP PHOTOS: Amazon's Tembe paint bodies for rituals and war

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Sandra Tembe, 46, poses for a portrait during a meeting of the Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. “The body paintings are a symbol of out link to nature,” said Sandra, the director of the school at Tekohaw village, where the walls are adorned with paintings of indigenous maracas and Amazonian animals like piranhas and snakes. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, chieftain Lorival Tembe poses for a portrait during a meeting of the Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. "The Amazon is ending and that's why we're here — so that it doesn't end," said Lorival, the eldest chieftain and a founder of Tekohaw village. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Tenera Tembe poses for a portrait during a meeting of the Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. They have been contemplating the skies since ancestral times, and the designs on their skins include stars, half-moons and suns. Sometimes, they are geometrical or take the shape of butterflies or the paws of jaguars that roam the jungle. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Paulo Sergio Tembe, 49, poses for a portrait during a meeting of the Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. Tembe warriors wear colorful headdresses of macaw and other feathers, and wield bow and arrows that they use to hunt and protect their homeland, which is constantly under threat in the globally vital Amazon region. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Maria Tembe, 33, poses for a picture during a meeting of the Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. Just like their ancestors, the Tembe plant trees to teach their children the value of preserving the world’s largest rainforest. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Tawa Chirando, 17, poses for a portrait during a meeting of the Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. Tembe hunt with bows and arrows, fish for piranhas and gather wild plants, while some watch soap operas on TV or check the internet on phones inside thatch-roof huts. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Gelson Tembe, 21, poses for a portrait during a meeting of the Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, Para state, Brazil. Tembe warriors wear colorful headdresses of macaw and other feathers, and wield bows and arrows for hunting and to protect their homeland, which is constantly under threat in the globally vital Amazon region. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Marceleniulza Tembe, 19, poses for a portrait during a meeting of Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. The Tembe indigenous people of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest for generations have painted their bodies for rites of passage, weddings and to symbolize that they’re ready for war. They use the black dye extracted from the Jenipapo tree to mark the moment when the young reach adulthood. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Ruere Tembe, 17, poses for a portrait during a gathering of the Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. Tembe children attend school and learn about the tribe’s traditions while they grow up speaking Portuguese and their native Tenetehara tongue that is part of the Tupi-Guarani family of languages. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Uiraputeru Tembe poses for a portrait with her three-year-old grandson Curateiai Tembe during a meeting of the Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. The indigenous reserve is officially protected, but it’s constantly under siege by loggers who illegally try to extract prized hardwood. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, Ronilson Tembe, 28, poses for a portrait during a meeting of the Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. Tembe warriors wear colorful headdresses of macaw and other feathers, and wield bow and arrows that they use to hunt and to protect their homeland, which is constantly under threat in the globally vital Amazon region. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Orerero Tembe, 25, poses for a portrait during a meeting of the Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. Orerero take photos and shoots video to document the cutting of their trees by illegal loggers. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Raquel Tembe, 13, poses for a portrait during a meeting of the Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. Tembe teenagers play soccer, swim in rivers and help their families tend fruits and vegetables or hunt and fish animals from the jungle that are later cooked on wood fires. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Genilson Tembe, 22, poses for a portrait during a gathering of Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. The Tembe indigenous people of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest have ancestrally painted their bodies for rites of passage, weddings and to symbolize that they’re ready for war. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this Sept. 3, 2019 photo, Tembe warriors pose for a portrait during a meeting of Tembe tribes in the Tekohaw village, in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, in Brazil's Para state. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)