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The Kamayurás Indians begin walking towards Ypawu Lake for their first bathe before sunrise. The lake is in Xingu, mid-west Brazil. It is also the largest indigenous reserve in the world. Several bathing sessions are going to be repeated daily until sunset. These waters are a link to their ancestors and keeping them pure is a sacred ritual. The lake is their most important source of food, and also the essence of their culture.

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