Sebastiao Salgado. Amazonia. Poster 'Zo'e Women'

Seated, left to right: Debu Zo'e, Sei Zo'e, Araturu Zo'e, and Sero Zo'e. In back, standing: Husa raijyt Zo'e and Musa raijyt Zo'e painting their bodies with urucum. Zo'e women generally use urucum (Bixa orellana), the red fruit of the urucum plant, to color their bodies. They also use it in cooking. Urucum is a shrub native to the tropical...