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The vanishing art of Brazil's Indians

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From: International Herald Tribune
Date: 20050430
Author:Alan Riding

Alan Riding
International Herald Tribune
04-30-2005
Long before Jean-Jacques Rousseau idealized the ''noble savage'' in the late 18th century, the Brazilian Indian was entrenched in the French imagination. As early as 1505, just five years after the Portuguese discovered Brazil, the first Indian was brought to France.Then, in 1550, 50 Indians were imported to people a reconstructed Indian village in Normandy as a curiosity to entertain the royal court. But for French thinkers, the Indians also displayed unique qualities, notably the innocence of their nakedness, their generosity, their ...

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