female yawalapiti indians fetch drinking water from the tuatuari river near their village in the alto xingu area in the lower amazon on may 12 2002 xingu culture follows the lines of a very communal life which has changed little in over 1000 years waking before sunrise the yawalapiti bathe in the river as they have always done and the women carry pots of water on their heads back to the village as the young men depart for subsistence fishing the women prepare beiju bread from manioc and then either boil or grill the fish caught each day which is then eaten by hand the yawalipiti ar 2d40eae.jpg from young xingu View Photo