First World Indigenous Games Gets Off to Rocky Start Wang - CRIEnglish
go to original October 26, 2015

The games include events like archery, spear tossing, canoeing and sprinting in teams through a forest while hoisting a 200-pound log. (cri.cn)

The first-ever World Indigenous Games are underway in Brazil. However, the competition among the athletes is already being overshadowed by demonstrations against the embattled government of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

CRI's Poornima Weerasekara has more:

Billed as the indigenous peoples' answer to the Olympics, the World Indigenous Games has drawn around 2,000 native people from dozens of Brazilian tribes and nearly 20 countries to Brazil.

The games, in the northern Brazilian city of Palmas, kicked-off on Friday with a colorful parade with teams dressed in straw skirts, feathers and Artic furs.

Eduardo Arellanes, a participant from Mexico says the games help to bring indigenous culture onto the world stage.

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Athletes from Mexico Bring Ancient Sport to First World Indigenous Games (Al Jazeera English)

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