De acordo com o texto, a
população indígena do Brasil teme que a
COVID-19:
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Coronavirus has swept through tribes, killing
elders and inflicting irreparable damage on tribal
history, culture and medicine
When Bep Karoti Xikrin fell ill with Covid-19, he
refused to go to a hospital. The 64-year-old chief of a
Xikrin indigenous village in Brazil’s Amazon was
plagued by headaches and fatigue and struggled for
breath. But, according to his daughter Bekuoi Raquel, he was afraid that if he were admitted to hospital he
might never return.
Instead, he died in his village – and with him, was
lost decades of knowledge and leadership. “He knew
so much about things we haven’t even experienced,”
said Bekuoi, 21. “Everyone admired him. He was
very loved.”
As Brazil’s confirmed overall death toll from
Covid-19 passes 50,000, the virus is scything through
the country’s indigenous communities, killing chiefs, elders and traditional healers – and raising fears that
alongside the toll of human lives, the pandemic may
inflict irreparable damage on tribal knowledge of
history, culture and natural medicine.
The Munduruku people alone have lost 10 sábios, or wise ones. “We always say they are living
libraries,” said Alessandra Munduruku, a tribal leader. “It’s been very painful.”
The victims include prominent figures such as
Paulinho Paiakan, a Kayapó leader who fought
alongside rock star Sting against the Belo Monte dam.
The indigenous organisation Apib has logged at
least 332 Covid-19 deaths, and 7,208 coronavirus
cases across 110 communities. “We are facing
extermination,” said its executive coordinator, Dinamam Tuxá.
Indigenous leaders such as Tuxá say the
government of the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, is failing to protect the country’s 900,000 indigenous
people – many of whom live in small communities, where dozens often share the same house.
Tuxá said Brazil’s Funai indigenous agency has
taken too long to send emergency food kits to people
isolating in their villages, forcing them to risk
infection by traveling to nearby towns for emergency
government payments. Funai said it had delivered
82,000 basic food kits and 43,000 hygiene kits.
Some leaders even blame government health
workers for bringing the virus. Katia Silene
Akrãtikatêjê, 51, a chief from the Gavião tribe in Pará
state, believes she caught Covid-19 after a
government health team visited their village to give
flu vaccines. “Everyone got sick from there on,” she
said.
From: shorturl.at/finAM. Accessed on 07/01/2020
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Coronavirus has swept through tribes, killing elders and inflicting irreparable damage on tribal history, culture and medicine
When Bep Karoti Xikrin fell ill with Covid-19, he refused to go to a hospital. The 64-year-old chief of a Xikrin indigenous village in Brazil’s Amazon was plagued by headaches and fatigue and struggled for breath. But, according to his daughter Bekuoi Raquel, he was afraid that if he were admitted to hospital he might never return.
Instead, he died in his village – and with him, was lost decades of knowledge and leadership. “He knew so much about things we haven’t even experienced,” said Bekuoi, 21. “Everyone admired him. He was very loved.”
As Brazil’s confirmed overall death toll from Covid-19 passes 50,000, the virus is scything through the country’s indigenous communities, killing chiefs, elders and traditional healers – and raising fears that alongside the toll of human lives, the pandemic may inflict irreparable damage on tribal knowledge of history, culture and natural medicine.
The Munduruku people alone have lost 10 sábios, or wise ones. “We always say they are living libraries,” said Alessandra Munduruku, a tribal leader. “It’s been very painful.”
The victims include prominent figures such as Paulinho Paiakan, a Kayapó leader who fought alongside rock star Sting against the Belo Monte dam.
The indigenous organisation Apib has logged at least 332 Covid-19 deaths, and 7,208 coronavirus cases across 110 communities. “We are facing extermination,” said its executive coordinator, Dinamam Tuxá.
Indigenous leaders such as Tuxá say the government of the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, is failing to protect the country’s 900,000 indigenous people – many of whom live in small communities, where dozens often share the same house.
Tuxá said Brazil’s Funai indigenous agency has taken too long to send emergency food kits to people isolating in their villages, forcing them to risk infection by traveling to nearby towns for emergency government payments. Funai said it had delivered 82,000 basic food kits and 43,000 hygiene kits.
Some leaders even blame government health workers for bringing the virus. Katia Silene Akrãtikatêjê, 51, a chief from the Gavião tribe in Pará state, believes she caught Covid-19 after a government health team visited their village to give flu vaccines. “Everyone got sick from there on,” she said.
From: shorturl.at/finAM. Accessed on 07/01/2020
Gabarito comentado
De acordo com o texto, a população indígena do Brasil teme que a COVID-19:
A) Incorreto - Atraia mais garimpeiros para as reservas indígenas.
Fato não mencionado no texto.
B) Incorreto - Impeça-os de ir até as cidades em busca do auxílio emergencial.
A população indígena teme o risco de infecção ao viajar para cidades próximas para pagamentos emergenciais do governo, mas não que a Covid-19 os impeça de ir até as cidades em busca do auxílio emergencial. Isso pode ser verificado no seguinte trecho do parágrafo 8:
Tuxá said Brazil's Funai indigenous agency has taken too long to send emergency food kits to people isolating in their villages, forcing them to risk infection by traveling to nearby towns for emergency government payments.
Tradução - Tuxá disse que a agência indígena Funai do Brasil demorou muito para enviar kits de alimentos de emergência para pessoas isoladas em suas aldeias, forçando-as a correr o risco de infecção ao viajar para cidades próximas para pagamentos emergenciais do governo.
C) Incorreto - Chegue até as aldeias através das ajudas humanitárias.
A população indígena culpa os trabalhadores da saúde do governo (e não as ajudas humanitárias) por trazerem o vírus. Mas esse temor não é expresso no texto, apenas essa atribuição de culpa.
Isso pode ser verificado no seguinte trecho do parágrafo 9:
Some leaders even blame government health workers for bringing the virus. Katia Silene Akrãtikatêjê, 51, a chief from the Gavião tribe in Pará state, believes she caught Covid-19 after a government health team visited their village to give flu vaccines. “Everyone got sick from there on," she said.
Tradução - Alguns líderes até culpam os trabalhadores da saúde do governo por trazerem o vírus. Katia Silene Akrãtikatêjê, 51, cacique da tribo Gavião, no estado do Pará, acredita que pegou a Covid-19 depois que uma equipe de saúde do governo visitou sua aldeia para dar vacinas contra a gripe. “Todo mundo ficou doente a partir de então", disse ela.
D) Correto - Cause danos irreversíveis na cultura, na história e nos conhecimentos sobre medicina natural.
Isso pode ser verificado no seguinte trecho do parágrafo 3:
the virus is scything through the country's indigenous communities, killing chiefs, elders and traditional healers – and raising fears that alongside the toll of human lives, the pandemic may inflict irreparable damage on tribal knowledge of history, culture and natural medicine.
Tradução - o vírus está ceifando as comunidades indígenas do país, matando chefes, anciãos e curandeiros tradicionais - e levantando temores de que, junto com o número de vidas humanas, a pandemia pode infligir danos irreparáveis ao conhecimento tribal de história, cultura e medicina natural.
E) Incorreto - Tenha entrado em todas as aldeias indígenas com as visitas de técnicos da Funai.
A população indígena culpa os trabalhadores da saúde do governo (e não técnicos da Funai) por trazerem o vírus.
Isso pode ser verificado no seguinte trecho do parágrafo 9:
Some leaders even blame government health workers for bringing the virus. Katia Silene Akrãtikatêjê, 51, a chief from the Gavião tribe in Pará state, believes she caught Covid-19 after a government health team visited their village to give flu vaccines. “Everyone got sick from there on," she said.
Tradução - Alguns líderes até culpam os trabalhadores da saúde do governo por trazerem o vírus. Katia Silene Akrãtikatêjê, 51, cacique da tribo Gavião, no estado do Pará, acredita que pegou a Covid-19 depois que uma equipe de saúde do governo visitou sua aldeia para dar vacinas contra a gripe. “Todo mundo ficou doente a partir de então", disse ela.
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