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pepples46 Says: the early Jesuit Mission has been quite an achievment of good will, the Jesuit where genuinely interested in the well being and welfare of the indigenous people, even made great efforts to support self governing settlements, christianisation of the Indians the main...
pepples46 Says: the astonishing Architecture and the preservation of it, is worth a visit.like the Missions in Trinidade/Paraguay or San Ignazio Mini in Argentina..the Mission in Santo Angelo is the third of its kind.in all of the Missions, around 150 000 indigenous people lived and worked...
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around 500km from Porto Alegre by Car or Bus, long stretch I know.
these days there is also a connection from Foz de Iguacu, through the argentine countryside, and only around 200km ..there is an other fine page here on VT, take a closer look
Updated Feb 24, 2010
Website: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/410b9/87d/
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and the Bridesmaid's. Margarida and I at a wedding at the Kainga tribe.
tradition had it, the woman choosen the partner and the families arranged the price. the higher the Brides social standing in the tribe, it could get expensive for the Groom
if you like the know more about the missions in South America and how the get there, the webpage below is okay
Updated Jan 18, 2006
Website: http://www.representour.com/
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SAN MIGUEL DAS MISSOES:I wasn't sure if to add this site here or as a travelogue,think i'll just make the intro about it here,more pics there..
San miguel is one of my favorite sites in my state,had been there thousand times and never enough.The place is quite far away from Porto Alegre.In the 17th century,the kingdom of Spain sent to this region a group of jesuits in order to convert all the GUARANIS indians,who lived there,to christianism.The main idea was not just to convert them but also to protect the other spanish villages around and the way to Assuncion and buenos Aires.
According to the story,the indians that refused to be converted were killed,and the ones that accepted became almost slaves of the kingdom.
The site was announced by the united nations as international human patrimony,you can see the vestiges of the church and the village..here an example!
Written Sep 17, 2002
pepples46 Says: Kids are Kids, from where ever they are, and when they have opportunities they excell, willing to absorb and learn and making their way in life.with not having a chance, a break, no choice can be made. these two, from the Kainga tribe, had a chance...geting schooling,...
pepples46 Says: while I worked on the Missao ( Mission )Indigena...Toldo Guarita, situated close to the Town of Tenente Portela and not far from Santo Angelo...I got to know some families of the Guarani Tribe quite well. shy people, gentle and excellent guardians of the forest. the man...
pepples46 Says: Village setting in the lower Jungle or Selva, hart to get too, the Guarani tribe prefered living away from white settlers...but also away from help when neededhealth problems where, tuberculosis, mal nutrition, cataracts and high child mortality. not to mention many...
janaina Says: ..troubles started when the king of Spain ceded to Portugal a portion of the territory where the missions were located.The Poruguese,who wanted to take economic advantage of these zones and of the indians works,caused the so-called "Guarani wars",which concluded in 1756 with...
janaina Says: These missions reached their apogee in the first half of the 18th century,gathered about 30 missions,between 100.00 and 300.00 indians converted to Christianism.The missions assumed almost full independence,as if they were real nations!They were the centres of the community...
A KIND OF SOCIALISM GUIDED BY THE JESUITS
janaina Says: All the jesuit mission inhabitants worked in "Tupambae",land property of the comunity and all the products which they produced were fairly divided among them.The Guaranis were very skilled in handcrafts,sculptures,woodcarving,etc.The missions were the first "industrial"...
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SAO MIGUEL....the end of a Mission
based around the Jesuit Mission, the first reducao, Indian settlement, was founded in the early 17th century, 30 others followed. all in the new staates of Brasil, Argentina and Paraguay in the...
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