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Cestaria Baniwa de Arumã, Brasil, 1970s. Photo by Pedro Martinelli. From "Arte Baniwa: cestaria de Arumã" by Beto Ricardo and Pedro Martinelli. https://www.instagram.com/p/Co2uXI-tBJC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Character Bio of the Asian Pasifika demigod and Afro Latine Native alien hybrid main character part 1:

Dossier, Profile, Record, & Archive: King/Queen Kana’i Akana or Atami Latu/Ataahua Akana or Alisi Latu:

Real Names:

Polynesian Indigenous Pasifika names: Hawaiian name: Kana’i Akana/Ataahua Akana

Tongan name: Atamai Latu/Alisi Latu. 

Samoan name: Enele/Fiva Tofilau 

South American Indigenous Ameridian name: Cauã/Ceci Amaru Juruna

Asian name: Ryuu Kato/Haruka Kato or Guang/Biyu Wei. 

Afro-Latine name: Francisco Alejandro Diego Garcia Ochoa/Francisca Alejandra Maria Garcia Ochoa.

American/English name: Alexander Mack Taylor/Alexandria Macy Taylor.

Alien extraterrestrial name: Zana Saani Kayuth Adrjin. 

Demigod/Deity name: Makoa Kalani/Kamalani Kalani.

Ethnicity: Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native.

Racial Identity: 

A mixed East Asian Japanese, American English, East Asian Chinese, and European British person of color

A South American Colombian, Bolivian, Argentine, & Chilean Afro Latine person of color.

Cultural Identity: 

A Polynesian Hawaiian, Samoan, Marquesan, and Tongan Indigenous Pasifika of Oceania. 

South American Baniwa and Embera Indigenous Ameridian of Colombia and Chorote Indigenous of Bolivia and Argentina.

Species: 

A Polynesian Indigenous Pasifika Oceanic demigod 

The Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character is born a demigod/demigoddess and is later given divinity to become a god/goddess/mahu deity. As a demigod they only had power over a few elements thanks to family bloodline. Only when they were given divinity did they unlock most of the elements to use as a deity. They were chosen by Tiʻitiʻi to be his champion and chosen one as a hero.

Descendent of Namaka a Polynesian Hawaiian water goddess, Polynesian Hawaiian Pele goddess of fire and volcanos, Polynesian Hawaiian God Kanaloa god of the underworld, Ku Hawaiian God of War, an unknown Tongan god (rediscovered after reconnecting after post cultural genocide), Polynesian Samoan God Mafuiʻe god of earthquakes, Chinese goddess Nu Wa, Chinese god Hou Yi, Chinese goddess Chang’E,  Japanese god Fujin, Japanese god Susanoo, Japanese god Inari, Japanese goddess Izanami, Japanese god Izanagi, and Amaterasu a Japanese sky goddess. 

Even as a demigod and alien hybrid they needed to prove worthy as a champion and hero. They underwent tests. The demigod trial was a physical and spiritual trial. The alien hybrid trial was an emotional and intellectual trial. During these trials they still had their powers. Trials are difficult and made harder than normal since they are a demigod metahuman and alien hybrid superhuman superhero. 

The divine trials they go through as a demigod to be given divinity as a hero and champion. Their valor, heroism, and selflessness was tested. The reason they go through as an alien hybrid was they want to see where the hybrid is in regards to life. It was a logic vs morality debate. After the demigod trial they were given divinity and a new power. After the alien hybrid trial the reward given to them was a shield, armor, and weapon. Their quick thinking, adaptability, peace making, & intelligence was tested. After the tests and trials they learned a lot about themselves as a person and grew as a person. Even as a hero they had to learn about their powers and why they were given them.

Kanai Makoa Latu/Attahua Kamalani Latu or Kalani the fakaleiti or mahu deity. They are usually laughing as a trickster, comedian, & jokester. They were born as a mahu demigod with power over air, mist, smoke, fog, water, snow, & ice and demigoddess with power over earth, wood, stone, metal, fire, magma, lava, lightning, thunder, & storms. After being chosen as a champion of a more senior god/goddess and underwent trials as a hero. It was trials hard for even a metahuman and superhuman cuz divinity to them should not be easily given in this world. 

They are a mahu demigod of the art and sciences. They are a new era demigod/goddess of the elements.

They are a god of philosophy, business, and law and goddess of magic, dreams, resurrection, and prophecy. They are divinely beautiful. They have dark brown skin the color of polished oak, brown eyes the color of new forged copper, & short black hair color of the night sky. They are very tall, broad shouldered, & very muscular. They wear stylized gold and ruby colored chainmail, metal, and leather full plate armor. They usually wear a hooded cloak that is dyed gray-blue over their full plated armor. 

In the divine form the Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid main character’s existence as a deity itself is its own inherent magic foci. Rather than the person, it’s the space they occupy within a pantheon that acts as the foci. And the manifestation of magic from that foci borrows from their dominion over air, mist, smoke, fog, water, snow, & ice as a demigod and power over earth, wood, stone, metal, fire, magma, lava, lightning, thunder, & storms as a demigoddess. This is from their demigod hood of the arts, the elements, and sciences.

They are a titan and titaness associated with friendship, brotherhood, valor, honor, and strength. They are associated with weapons, armor, and shields. Their followers who are magic users are distinguished by the shrines they have in their homes and the charms they wear on their armor. Their followers who are magic users are distinguished by their magical tattoos and the robes they wear. There are a respectable amount of offerings of food, water, tea, incense, and liquor to them on islands. There are a large number of statues of him/her/them in most villages. 

They are many myths about their polyamorous relationship with Diona Artemis Megalos (the daughter of Ares and Athena), Mary O'Brien (Irish Celtic demigod child of the Morrigan), Atlantean demigod Olle (who is the daughter of Amphitrite a goddess of the ocean), Aesir Ylva Helga Olafsdottir (Asgardian and Vanir hybrid demigod child of Skadi), Josefine Yrsa Hansen (Norse demigod child of Freya), and Carina Bellona Ragorio (the daughter of Mars and Venus). 

They have other Indigenous, Indigenous Pasifika, Black, and non native poc demigod partners/spouses from Amerindian (Central and South American Indigenous), Asian, Oceanic, & African pantheons. Such as Fangying Shen (Chinese demigod child of Erlang Shen), Farah Kader (Black African West Asian Egyptian demigod child of Neith), Hiro Suzuki (Japanese Demigod child of Benzaiten), Siza-Ocllo Yacupaico (Quechua demigod child of Pachamama), Huemac Itzmoyotl (Náhuatl demigod child of Coyolxāuhqui), Meztli Dzal (Maya demigod child of Ixchel). 

They are known to sometimes place obstacles in the way of villains as a demigod of fog and mist. They are known to challenge mortal warriors. There are myths involving their enduring friendship with certain mortal artists and storytellers. They as a demigod granted full godhood divinity and immortality. 

An alien Iuyamanian and Etanxiian extraterrestrial hybrid. They are a shapeshifter as an alien hybrid. They are queer and trans as someone Indigenous third gender. Their masculine, feminine, nonbinary genderless, and androgynous gender forms reflect that. 

He/she/they are an alien Iuyamnian and Etanxiian alien hybrid. Iuyumanians are warm blooded mammal aliens with orange skin, yellow eyes, red hair, & red and black striped fur. Etanxiians are cold blooded reptilian and amphibian aliens with reptilian scales and avian feathers. Etanxiians also have green skin, blue hair, and purple eyes. His/her/their mother’s alien form and his/her/their alien form both reflect this. 

When he/she/they are in his/her/their transformed alien form without clothes or worn armor the reptilian/amphibious aspect of their heritage lets his/her/their male and female external genitalia become internal and his/her/their other genitalia merge with other aspects of himself to form a cloaca. The mammalian aspects of his/her/their heritage and fur highlight and define his/her/their body while at the same time providing discreet concealment. The reptilian aspect of his/her/their heritage provides him with natural armor as a result of scaled skin with a slightly iridescent sheen.

They as an alien hybrid received their powers naturally as a mutant through biological or genetic mutation.

Alien hybrid mutant with being a shapeshifter as mutation 

Mutant who got other mutant powers through chemical mutation because of a super soldier serum injection with red, blue, green, & purple ooze in vials.

His alien hybrid mother and alien hybrid aunts and uncles as mutants received their mutant powers through temporal, esoteric, spacial, chaos, quantum, dimensional, or reality mutations.

As mutants they are immune to further mutations so chemical or biological weapons or infestation like Zerg, Flood, or Tyranids

Bionic/Cyborg as someone with firmware and software implants and bionic and cybernetic implants and enhancements.

Height: 

Regular Human Height:

Depends on gender and gender identity.

He/she/they have transformed gender forms and untransformed gender forms.

He/she/they have a 5’10” and 5’11” male masculine untransformed form that identifies with he/him pronouns. 

He/she/they have a 6’0” and 6’1” female feminine untransformed form that identifies with she/her pronouns. 

He/she/they have a 6’2”  and 6’3” nonbinary genderless untransformed form that identifies with the pronouns of they/them. 

He/she/they have a 6’4” and 6’5” nonbinary androgynous untransformed form that identifies with the pronouns of xer/xers. 

Super soldier height:

As a super soldier after experimentation and enhancement of the super soldier program:

Masc form: 6 feet

Femme form: 7 feet 

In power armor: 

Masc form: 7 feet 

Femme form: 8 feet

Demigod Height:

Masc: 7 feet

Femme: 8 feet

Alien Form Height: 

Masc: 9 feet 

Femme: 10 feet tall

God/goddess true form: Tallest mountains or volcanoes with armor and weapons the size of skyscrapers. 

Weight: 

Depends on gender and gender identity. 180 to 200+

Deity form: Metric tons. 

Body Type: 

Lean, tone, & athletic body type

Athletic, fit, graceful, lean, lithe, nimble, slim, slender, toned, willowy. Masculine alien hybrid form 

Herculean, muscular, stocky, strapping, tall, towering, toned. Feminine alien hybrid form

Strongman physique for masc kane divine form

Built, muscular, statuesque, imposing, buff, & strong body type for wahine/vahine femme divine form 

Appearance:

B,H,W or Bust, waist, hip measurement: 

5’10” to 5’11”: 38/32/38 

6'0” to 6'5”: 40/34/40

Hairstyle:

Human Form:

He/she/they like short hair styles. 

He/she/they like the pompadour, clipper cut, pixie cut, or crew cut. 

He/she/they like medium to long hairstyles 

Afrocentric hairstyles of braids, twists, & dreadlocks

Fade haircut 

Afro Hawk haircut 

He/she/they have a clipper cut, crew cut, high and tight, Ivy League, pompadour, or clean shaven hairstyle in masculine male form. It’s tightly coiled. It is a tall or high Afro tapered on the sides. With a low skin fade with a design and locs on top. The design shaved into their low skin fade is a sacred geometrical alien extraterrestrial symbol. The locs are braided with alien metal braids as an alien hybrid superhuman. The locs are beaded with divine wooden beads as a divine demigod metahuman. Some parts of the locs are dyed red, blue, purple, or green. 

Long ponytail that is partly shaved in a punk look. Single or double three strand flat braid. When in female form when shapeshifting as a metamorph, changeling, or shapeshifter. Sections of his/her/their hair are adorned and braided with divine bamboo wood beads, ash wood beads, elm wood beads, holly wood, & pine wood beads. Sections of his/her/their hair are braided with alien metal bronze, silver, & gold metal braid beads. 

They also wear their hair in a bouffant hairstyle. He/she/they structured part of his/her/their loosely knotted or twisted pinned up buns with divine silver, brass, & gold wire. Sections of his/her/their hair are adorned and braided with divine bamboo wood beads, ash wood beads, elm wood beads, holly wood, & pine wood beads. Sections of his/her/their hair are braided with divine bronze, silver, & gold metal braid beads. 

Hair texture:  Fine, lush, luxuriant

Hair look/state: Brushed, voluminous, shiny

Alien Form:

Bundles of tendril, cord, or tentacle-like hair similar to Yautja Predators or Zerg infested Sarah Kerrigan that are tied together in a long ponytail. His/her/their bioluminescent cord, tentacle, or tendril-like hair help with telepathy and empathy. They help them breathe, see, hear, & taste. These tendril-like hairs are braided with alien metal and divine wooden beads. This alien hair is an important link to their alien extraterrestrial culture. The tendril, cord, or tentacle-like hair comes out of a head crest of his/her/their alien skull.   

Hair color: 

When not transformed: Black. 

When transformed: white, red, gold, blue, green, or purple.

He/she/they have light brown, to dark brown, to black hair in his/her/their untransformed form

Facial hair: Permanently clean shaven cuz of an accident using an alien laser (from their alien hybrid mom’s alien grandmother) as a shaving razor as a teenager 

Body hair: 

Color: Black

Chest: none 

Back: none

Arms: a lot 

Legs: a lot 

Eye color: 

When not transformed: Dark Brown. 

When transformed: white, gold, blue, green, red, or purple.

He/she/they have dark brown to black colored eyes.

Skin color: When not transformed: As an Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native their skin tone is terra cotta, russet, ochre, sepia, or umber. Kissed by the sun. 

When transformed: gold, blue, green, red, & purple.

Their bioluminescent skin absorbs solar radiation, lunar energy, cosmic energy, & natural energy to give them superhuman and supernatural strength, perception, endurance, speed, lifespan, intelligence, agility, senses, durability, reflexes, and flexibility. The absorbed solar radiation, cosmic energy, and lunar energy also powers their optic blasts, energy blasts, breath blasts, & flight as an alien hybrid

Age: 

Middle aged. Has longevity as a demigod metahuman and alien hybrid superhuman with a supernatural and superhuman lifespan.

Born in the 22nd Century. Currently alive in the 60th century as a metahuman and superhuman

Birthday: 

Libra Dog

Shoe Size: Depending on gender form size men’s 11 to 20 or women’s 10 to 20 

Scar marks: 

Healed scars from experimentation. Healed scars from torture and interrogation. Healed scars from self harm caused by mental illnesses.

Extra features:

Alien Form:

His/her/their transformed form has alien hair, skin, & eyes. 

His/her/their transformed form’s body is covered in mammalian fur with stripes, avian feathers, and reptilian and amphibian scales (that covers his/her/their chest, back, arms, & legs). 

His/her/their transformed form has webbed clawed (retractable) hands with opposable thumbs and webbed clawed (retractable) feet with opposable toes. 

His/her/their transformed form has a prehensile chimera tail that is covered in avian feathers and reptilian scales. 

He/she/they are an alien Iuyamnian and Etanxiian alien hybrid. 

Iuyumanians are bipedal warm blooded mammalian aliens. Iuyamanians have orange skin, yellow eyes, red hair, & red and black striped mammalian fur. Iuyumanians have clawed (retractable) hands with opposable thumbs and clawed (retractable) feet with opposable toes. Iuyamians have a prehensile tail. Iuyamanians have a lion-like mane, dire wolf-like lupine canines, lupine gray wolf-like ears, dire wolf-like snout, kitsune nine tailed fox demon-like whiskers, & retractable smilodon-like saber teeth. They have four eyes. They are bipedal and quadrupedal and are capable of running faster on four legs. They can reach speeds of up to 120 miles per hour and can run 80 miles per hour for hours.  

Etanxiians are bipedal cold blooded

 reptilian, avian, & amphibian aliens with avian feathers, reptilian scales, and amphibian scales. They have reptilian scales, non-corporeal ethereal avian feathered wings that allows them to fly at 350 miles per hour. Etanxiians have webbed clawed reptilian hands and webbed clawed feet. Ethanxiians also have green skin, blue hair, and purple eyes. Etanxiians have a reptilian prehensile lizard tail. They have three eyes. Etanxiians when in reptilian form have reptilian retractable serpentine fangs and forked tongue. When in avian form Etanxiians have a avian raptor beak, avian eyes that see near 360 degree vision, and avian raptor clawed feet with talons.

His/her/their mother’s alien form and his/her/their alien form both reflect this. 

Reactive Adaptation: They adapt constantly and get stronger when either pushed to the brink of death. They then heal after life threatening injuries thanks to their healing factor, superhuman healing, constitution, and durability. They are often revived after dying. They adapt constantly and get stronger when fighting someone equal or beyond their level. They adapt very quickly whether it be magical or energy based attacks. They steadily grow more powerful and efficient the more they struggle. They recover quickly from injuries. They adapt quickly when learning their opponents movements, strengths, strategies, weaknesses, and attack patterns. They then can read their next attack minutes or seconds ahead.

Dominant, potent, or latent genetics. The First Born or Scions or Etanxiians or Iuyamians. A race of highly advanced beings with extremely potent and developed genetics.  They were advanced by a tier zero or tier one species of alien humanoids called the Titans, Primordials or First Ones who experimented with their dna or genetics on a species wide scale. The Iuyumanians and Ethanxiians can create offspring with other humanoid races. Those hybrid children can become just as powerful, if not more powerful, than their full alien humanoid parents. They are compatible with other alien humanoids, alien hybrids, divine beings, demigods, cyborgs or bionics, and augmented and enhanced humans. 

Species Creation Story:

Uplifted from primitive origins by the First Ones, Primordials, Creators, Progenitors, or Titans. They are highly social. They went through several periods of advancement, stagnation, & regression. Several similar humanoid species that united to one alien species after allying and interbreeding with each other. Each species has several races and many cultural identities. They united themselves into tribes and clans of nations or kingdoms of confederations, empires, federations, and factions. 

Species with vast superhuman abilities like superhuman: strength, perception, awareness, intelligence, endurance, stamina, constitution, agility, dexterity, flexibility, and speed. Have vast psionic and biotic powers including natural telekinesis, empathy, teleportation, forcefield, time control, & telepathy. They can run several parallel thoughts and scenarios simultaneously in seconds.

The First Ones, Titans, or Primordials were an ancient, technologically and psychically advanced intelligent species of humanoid alien beings. They established an interstellar empire across the Andromeda Galaxy, Antennae Galaxy, Bode’s, Cartwheel, Circinus, Condor, Eye of God, Fireworks, Milky Way Galaxy, Needle, Pinwheel, Sombrero, Spider, Sunflower, Spider, & Whirlpool Galaxy tens of millions of Terran years ago. The Primordials ruled over the universe before the development of most of the other sentient species of the multiverse. This empire or federation was later given to the Iuyamnians and Etanxiians. The Primordials had been the first species to attain sentience in the galaxy and the first species to cross the galaxy making them also the first star-faring species in galactic history.

A humanoid species that can sustain themselves on only solar radiation, light, lunar rays, air, spiritual energy, water, natural energy, and oxygen. A peaceful and benevolent species who were busy with studying and propagating sentient evolution within the universe. Even death was no barrier. For when the First Ones, Primordials, or Titans spirits eventually left their nigh mortal bodies. They dissolved peacefully back into the cosmos to be reborn again in new forms.

The Titans or Primordials possessed extremely advanced technology, superhuman powers, supernatural lifespan, and potent psychic or psionic powers. A gentle and benevolent sentient species, the Primordials or Titans, wished to nurture the younger, sentient species of the galaxy and spread life and intelligence across the universe. On their travels, the Primordials, Titans, or First Ones seeded many worlds across the multiverse with life. They also encouraged the development and advancement of indigenous intelligent life. Some of them chose to experiment on these species on a galactic scale creating the psionically powerful Iuyumanians, Yuganians, and Etanxxians.   

The Primordials or Titans believed that all life was useful and had value. They are known to have brought about the rise of numerous new sentient species. They impregnated millions of worlds with new life which they made their own. Only a Precursor, Celestial, Necrons, Forerunner, Ancient Human, or Xelnaga comes close to their power and technology. 

They were capable of extracting an individual's complete mental and emotional thoughts, biological patterns. and memories. That could then be encoded in either another biological body, in an inorganic (like a robot or synthetic), or stored as data on a terminal. An individual's pattern could also be imprinted over another body in a clone. They had the technology to reproduce entire individuals from encoded DNA/RNA protein samples in data streams.

They utilized various camouflaging technologies, which generated visual, textile, & auditory delusions and distortions that could effectively hide the user or users from even starship's sensors. 

Their sensors were capable of instantaneous scanning and detection across interstellar distances. The sensors were also highly accurate. They were capable of providing a detailed analysis of a planet's geological and ecological composition from lightyears away. They used an advanced form of communications, allowing instant data transfer over vast distances. These communications were routed over encryption protocols which could be used to track the source or destination of the communication. 

Their warships could be enormous in scale. From around a hundred to even several kilometers in length. They explore the universe in world ship-sized artificial starships the size of planets to colonize and terraform moons, comets, asteroids, planetoids, & planets.

They created a network of slipspace portals for high-traffic slipspace transit across the galaxy. They had slip space and warp drive faster than light drives to travel through star systems, realities, galaxies, dimensions, universes, timelines, & multiverses in the omniverse. They had mastered many other methods of higher-dimensional manipulation. They were capable of altering the fabric of time and space. They created a nexus of gateway of interconnected portals to go anyway in the star system, galaxy, nebula, in universe, multiverse, & omniverse no matter the timeline, reality, or dimension. 

They had an unparalleled knowledge of quantum science, which enabled them much of their sophisticated technology. Even after billions of years, First Ones, Ancient Ones, Titans, or Primordials technology still advanced at a comparatively rapid rate. With a number of new breakthroughs and developments occurring within even a single decade, century, or millennium.

They had mastered the use of various energy fields. From fields to manipulate gravity and magnetic fields. To fields used to restrain individuals to even armies. Fields used to block the movement of entire fleets or armadas of ships. To the containment and collection fields they used to harness entire stars for energy production. Entire planets could be made habitable even in conditions of lethal stellar radiation with planetary shields.

Their technological achievements were without parallel in the known universe. They managed to create solidified surfaces out of light with hard light. They could use slipspace to teleport between locations almost instantaneously across the galaxy. 

They were able to travel across the star systems in seconds, across galaxies in minutes, or across the universe in hours through the development of transdimensional warp space or slipspace technology. They were also able to travel through the multiverse through a network of interconnected warp gates that instantaneously connected their far-flung outer rim interstellar colonies throughout the galaxy.

They could create numerous forms of advanced machinery. With the surrounding materials with the use of advanced robotic humanoid androids, synthetics, or robots. They built world ships to colonize and terraform the stars. They constructed artificial planets and star systems. They terraformed planetoids,  asteroids, comets, & planets. 

They were behind the creation and advancement of several sentient species. They monitored the evolution of other sentient species throughout the universe. Intervening in ways that ensured their civilizations would follow paths of peace free of conflict ending rampant militarism, ending wars (proxy wars, global wars, civil wars, and intergalactic warfare), stopping climate catastrophe, ending rampant capitalism (of global billionaires and intergalactic trillionaires), ending famine, ending planetary hunger, stopping genocide, building infrastructure, & helping education. 

Their technology is remarkably resilient, being able to remain intact for over a hundred millennia. They are inherently patient as a species. Even before attempting to journey out into interstellar space of their star system or galaxy. They made an extensive study of astronomy, quantum mechanics, physics, and astrophysics.

The technology of their species rivals that of the Xel'naga, Old Ones, Forerunners, Oans, New Gods, Kryptonian, Eldari, Protoss, Tamaraneans, Martians, Necrons, & Thanagarians. Responsible for creation and advancement of several alien species. Exiting their home solar system after colonizing and terraforming their home solar system. After discovering faster than light travel and warp technology left their solar system.

They started to procreate with other sentient technologically advanced species in the cosmos integrating their civilization with theirs joining each other in an intergalactic empire or federation with the Iuyamians chief among them as their defenders. For millennia their technology was sophisticated and their empire thrived. They entered the sphere of fantasy and science fiction. 

They are an ancient and highly advanced species of humanoid aliens whose vast empire federation, confederation, or empire of planets extends the width and breadth of a known galaxy.

They terraformed settlements on other planets in the universe. They built colossal space stations and giant mobile planets. They built  an intergalactic flotilla of naval dreadnoughts, battleships, carriers, and battlecruisers the size of world ships shielding their intergalactic empire or federation. 

Eons ago, in a period of growth their species reached out amid the cosmos in search of new planets, solar systems, & galaxies to inhabit. They fabricated colonies on other planets, solar systems, & galaxies and made colossal technology to terraform them. For epochs their species prospered fulfilling phenomenon never seen before. 

They are armed with ballistic, hard light weaponry. They use walking tanks, battle walkers, mecha suits and powered armor suits. They created simple and dumb AIs and advanced complex AIs. They created hover vehicles. They live on advanced planets and have technology and resources that far exceeds futuristic earth's and Terran federations technology. They command a federation or empire or several humanoid species. This is an alliance of individually advanced alien species.

Is Lord/Lady Nex the omnipresent, omnipotent, omni powerful, & omniscient primordial being a First Born, First One, Ancient One, or Titan? 

They were at war with another species. The Corpse Makers. A highly advanced alien race of extremely powerful and militaristic humanoids. The ruling species of the empire. They are considered to be intergalactic conquerors and have colonized and conquered millions of worlds to expand their empire. They want to expand their empire by conquering other terraformed and colonized asteroids, planetoids, comets, planets. They wish to rule the entire universe. They are known and feared across the multiverse as a merciless and ruthless militaristic and capitalistic species. They are endowed with superhuman superpowers, powerful psionics, and aided by advanced technology. They are ruled by an intergalactic emperor and empress. Each planet is ruled by an emperor and empress or high king and high queen. They are similar to Viltrumites or Saiyans. They demand loyalty and obedience from their subjects. They would try to conquer with full scale invasion or through machinations and intrigue or their high command. If species didn’t join their empire willingly they were exterminated with intergalactic genocide. Either by global genocide or by obliteration of their home planet itself with a super weapon. They are the enemy of the Iuymanians, Yuganians, and Etanxiians.

Aquatic Form:

They have an aquatic bipedal form for swimming underwater that looks like a were shark. This form has mako shark skin on their body, magical elemental hair made out of seawater, mako shark fins on their body, great white shark fin on their back, webbed clawed feet, webbed clawed hands, seven inch megalodon like teeth in their mouth, bull shark gills on their neck and chest, tiger shark stripes on their arms and legs, glowing blue eyes, kaluga fish fins on their face, blue and green sturgeon like fish scales on their body, a great white shark tail, whale shark spots on their chest and back, & a humanoid merfolk or triton like face. They have glowing bioluminescent skin. They have glowing ethereal Atlantean tattoos and Atlantean characters on their bodies. 

They have Indigenous Pasifika tattoos on their face, neck, chest, back, arms, & legs. They wear Indigenous Pasifika jewelry such as bracelets, rings, & necklaces. They wear shark tooth necklaces. They wear Atlantean steel combat armor decorated with sea turtle, manta ray, shark, & dolphin designs. Their weapons are Atlantean swords, axes, spears, clubs, & war hammer made out of atlantean steel. They rule with a five pronged quident made out of Atlantean steel and a circlet of power made out of precious metals and decorated with gemstones. These weapons are enchanted with arcane elemental magical water and serrated with seven inches long megalodon shark teeth. They can swim up  to 200 miles per hour. 

As a Bionic/Cyborg:

Cybernetic Implants:

Bionic Enhancements:

Cybernetic and bionic implants for superhuman senses of touch, taste, hearing, smell, & sight 

Electromagnetic spectrum for superhuman vision including ability to sense gamma radiation, microwaves, x rays, & radio waves

Weapons implanted in a bionic arm or leg 

Sensors for biometric analysis for lie detection

A built in net connection at any location that has wifi

Storage compartments in a bionic limb

Built in armor around vital organs

Ballistic, plasma, energy, laser: bullet and arrow dodging through a sensor detects incoming projectiles

Cooling or heat radiating mechanism that allows the implantee better heat or cold resistance

Sensors that can pick up RF or electrical activity

Configurable vocal tract that can emulate the voices of others well enough to fool voice print recognition systems.

Voice synthesizer to imitate another's voice and/or other sounds.

Computer riding shotgun in the visual cortex that looks for patterns and movements humans don't easily notice that functions as a counter to most forms of camouflage.

Internal oxygen supply with hours of breath in an oxygen deprived area. Refills using the implantee's breaths at the same rate as usage.

A targeting computer that can fire a weapon much more quickly and accurately.

The ability to plug in a micro-manipulator arm that can perform very delicate repairs

The ability to plug into a powerful exoskeleton of power armor or frame of a mech suit

Replacement nervous system is immune to the effects of electric shocks

Has many mod slots for upgrading and customizing nano machines, cyberware, cybernetic implants, & bionic enhance

ments 

Brain computer interface that allow uploading and downloading data

Can plug in to hack holographic computers, holographic smartphones, holographic televisions, & other electronics through cybernetic and bionic fingers

Transfer their consciousness to another suitably equipped body

Co-processor  built in computer with software that can carry out numerical computations. Other domain-specific AI (e.g. voice recognition, pattern recognition) that can carry out much better than an unmodified brain can.

Hive consciousness: brain can tap into a network of other, similarly equipped brains (where reception is available) and can share skills or knowledge in some manner.

Human metal and alien metal enhanced and augmented skeleton for supernatural strength, endurance, and durability. Almost impossible to break bones. Combined with other cybernetic and bionic enhancements.

Carbon nanotube bone augmentation for near unbreakable bones.

Metal reinforced joints for supernatural agility, flexibility, speed, & reflexes

Nanorobot muscle cell augmentation

Muscle reinforcement and enhancement for increased strength, reflexes, stamina, durability, speed, endurance, flexibility, agility 

Microchip implants that allow fast diagnosis and monitors health in real time

Ability to grow metal claws over their biological claws 

Has nanomachines for supernatural healing

Holographic Skin that can change elements of appearance: skin color, hair color, eye color, etc.

Active Camouflage for invisibility by bending light with a field of energy. Active camo that is able to render the user invisible or nearly invisible, to the naked eye. Also works against many forms of electronic scanning. The active camouflage warps light around the user's body in such a fashion that surfaces behind the user are visible through the user's body. 

Smart camo that blends in with the environment with camouflage that after coming into contact with almost any surface replicate both its pattern and texture. Multiple surfaces could be mimicked at the same time. Works against thermal scanning.

Cybernetic eyes with Cortical Implant with night vision, thermal vision, x-ray vision, ultraviolet vision, etc.

Internal Weapon Bay with compartments for hidden weapons. 

Neural interface to download information from a digital store.

Cyber and bionic brain with implanted external memory

Modified brain to have a better sense of smell, sight, hearing, taste, & touch.

Enhanced legs with greater speed, agility, flexibility, & stealth capabilities. 

Sub-dermal plating with armor that protects against tissue damage. 

Dermal carbon nanotube to make skin highly resistant to damages.

Increased density of fast-twitch muscles to increase reaction time

Increased nerve density to grant better body control and higher degree of dexterity.

Auto-releasing implanted drug suppositories with stimulants, drugs, medicine, etc. 

Bionic heart with increased endurance, stamina, constitution.

Bionic liver, lungs, kidneys, etc. with immunity to most poisons, drugs, & alcohol.

Chemical sensors to give targeted ultra sensitive smell.

Chemical sensors to give targeted ultra sensitive smell and taste

Ultrasound sonar to aid vision and let the user see inside things.

Tiny magnetic crystals attached to neurons so the user can feel magnetic and electric fields like a shark.

Subdermal micro machines that can restructure the user's face making them look like anyone they want at will.

Extra rods and cones to allow for greater perception of color, modified rods and cones to see into the infrared or ultraviolet, reflective layer at the back of the eyes (like cats) for user to have better night vision.

Small mechanical heart that kicks in at full power during times of stress/exertion 

Modified ears to hear better.  

Shockskin. It's a layer of capacitors and conductors implanted just under the skin. It is arrayed in a lattice over prosthetics. It administers an electrical shock to people they touch with it if activated.

Shock nodes on legs, knees, knuckles, & elbows for unarmed combat

Increased clotting to help staunch wounds

Decreased pain sensitivity

Prosthetic cybernetic or bionic eyes with immunity to over-stimulation from bright lights or stun weapons like flashbangs

Prosthetic eyes capable of linking up with a "smart-link" weapon scope

Bionic and cybernetic enhanced brain capable of “full immersion diving" while on the internet, computers, or brain hacking. 

Bionic and cybernetic brain capable of bio scans with upgraded firewalls to prevent brain hacks

Bionic brain with upgrades to enhance any type of hacking/brain hacking

Blood/organ nanites to help the immune system and help repair damaged cells, tissue, & organs as necessary.

Nano technology allows a faster and safer healing process and an enhanced immune system.

Auto-releasing implanted drug suppositories (combat stimulants, medicine, stimpacks, pain suppressants, etc.).

Internal bladders of drugs to be released on mental command, ranging from painkillers, to insulin, to berserker combat enhancers.

Homing devices for tracking targets

Extra metal limbs. Other than summoning extra magical ethereal limbs to hold several weapons in combat. There are a wide variety of additional limbs you can interface with. It has the same selection as prosthetics. They are especially of use to those who want to have the benefit of cybernetics or bionics but wouldn't give an arm and a leg for it. They are attached usually in a non-invasive manner. With harnesses and electro-adhesive pads, and or interface using high speed wireless. They have extra metal limbs for faster inventing or lab testing as a scientist. When out of power armor they can interface with extra metal limbs by wireless connections for combat or to help when inventing, engineering, science, creating etc.

Metal wings. There are a wide variety of additional limbs you can interface with. It has the same selection as prosthetics. They are especially of use to those who want to have the benefit of cybernetics or bionics but wouldn't give an arm and a leg for it. They are attached usually in a non-invasive manner. With harnesses and electro-adhesive pads, and interface using high speed wireless.

Super soldier (ways super soldiers are made in the cyberpunk science fiction near future and far future: cybernetic implants, bionic enhancements, alien plants, nanites, growth hormones, organs harvested from aliens, & super soldier serums)

Sex: 

Female. 

Assigned female at birth or AFAB

Gender: 

Non Binary

Mahu/Fakaleiti/Fa'afafine Indigenous Pasifika Third Gender of Oceania 

Third gender of Amerindian Indigenous people of South America 

Gender Identity: 

Nonbinary Bigender or Genderfluid

Has both male and female genitalia 

Sexual Orientation: 

Bisexual/Pansexual/Omnisexual

Pronouns: 

Regular pronouns: He/him, She/her, they/them. Neopronouns: Xer/xers. Ze/hir. Indigenous Pasifika: Oña 

Spirituality: 

Buddhist 

South American Indigenous Colombian spirituality 

Polynesian Indigenous Pasifika pagan.

Jaothean alien polytheistic pagan religion

Disabilities: 

Autistic as someone with autism

Kanai Makoa Latu/Attahua Kamalani Latu is a recovering addict and alcoholic. They used to use alien and magical drugs and alcohol as a metahuman and superhuman to deal with abuse and trauma. He/she/they is a former alcoholic who drank magical alcohol meant for demigods, gods/goddesses, & titans. He/she/they used magical drugs meant for magical spellcasters. They used magical alcohol meant for magical humanoids such as fae elves, dwarves, gnomes, goblinoids, & giantkin. He/she/they drank Spirit, Myth, & Devil’s Tongue. He/she/they were a former addict who used alien drugs meant for metahumans and superhumans. He/she/they used drugs meant for cyborgs and bionics. He/she/they used alcohol meant for alien hybrids and aliens. He/she/they were addicted to Blaze, Nitro, Supernova, Nightfall, Burnout, & Light Speed.

Neurodivergent: 

ADD or attention deficit disorder, ADHD or attention hyperactive disorder, OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder, & hyperlexia.

Disfigurement: 

He/she/they are physically disabled as someone because he/she/they were disfigured in combat during war. 

Disfigured by a hard-light sword wielded by a female alien super soldier who fought for the Earth Space Military

Later had their right arm replaced with a bionic and cybernetic prosthetic arm

Later had his/her/their left eye replaced with a cybernetic and bionic prosthetic eye. 

He/she/they have a hard light and plasma burn scar from the top of his/her/their eyebrow to the bottom of his/her/their cheek.

Mental Illnesses: 

Depression, anxiety, panic attacks, schizophrenia, BD or bipolar disorder, BPD or borderline personality disorder, DID or dissociative identity disorder, & PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder.

Hypersexual as a result of the trauma being a survivor of rape, abuse, assault, & domestic violence at the hands of three abusive exes (four armed female alien Migua, Atlantean sorceress Hinesy, and anthropomorphic alien wasp empress Ziewei) who were their ex fiances. Want to reclaim autonomy so they have sex on their own terms.

As a result of abuse and trauma:

It was similar to what happened to Indigenous Pasifika in those haole sanctioned schools in Oceania and Indigenous people in the residential schools in turtle island

Kidnapped in front of their childhood friends as their friends ran to call the aid of their Asian Pasifika demigod and Afro Latine Native alien hybrid parents.

Blackbirded (or native kidnapped, exploited, and enslaved from their indigenous lands) from their home in Polynesia

Blackbirded (or native kidnapped exploited and enslaved from their indigenous lands) by metahuman and superhuman traffickers 

Blackbirded and forced to mine alien ore on colonized terraformed planetoids, asteroids, and comets colonized by the Terran Dominion

Blackbirded and forced to pick alien planets on alien crop plantations  on colonized terraformed alien moons and planets colonized by the Terran Dominion 

Human and alien non native settlers took advantage of their illiteracy of certain alien languages as a demigod and alien hybrid child. 

They were forced to pray to their gods instead of their own 

They were captured and taken to a place where metahumans and superhumans like them were forcibly assimilated by human and alien traffickers for the illegal space black market 

They were forced to speak their tongue instead of their own language

Their long hair as a Afro Latine and Asian Pasifika was forcibly cut and they were forced to wear unfamiliar and uncomfortable clothes to condition them

Generational trauma of Samoan, Tongan, and Hawaiian ancestors and Amerindian Indigenous of South America who went through similar things on earth because of English and Spanish settlers

Experimented on by the scientists of the settler colonizer government of earth as part of a black project on a black site to become a metahuman and superhuman child soldier till they were a young adult 

They were denied food and water to break them and to discourage others from rebelling against them as he/she/they were seen as the leader and protector of the others as the oldest 

When rebellion and escape was thwarted they were interrogated and tortured

Gladiatorial pit fighter that fought magical and alien humanoids, beasts, creatures, animals, & monsters for the enjoyment of rich human and alien elite on an alien planet 

Escaped and became a rebel soldier later rebel leader who fought against terra government once they learned Earth was responsible 

Captured and tortured by Earth and Terra government 

Brainwashed and mind controlled to become a metahuman and superhuman super soldier for the Terran Dominion space military to conquer worlds to expand earth’s dominion and hegemony over several solar systems and a few galaxies

Fought in proxy wars across Asia, Europe, Africa Oceania, Australia, and the Americas as a metahuman and superhuman child soldier when they were a child until they were a preteen 

Fought in proxy wars in many planets, several star systems, and a few galaxies as a metahuman and superhuman child soldier when they were a teenager until they were a young adult

Fought against Earth and the Terran Dominion after they were free through telepaths and empaths of the rebel army from the mind control and brainwashing (by human and alien telepaths and empaths of the Terran military)

Is stateless or someone without a nationality as a result and repercussion of him/her/them leading the rebellion, revolution, civil war, and insurrection against the Earth and Terran Confederation to take them out of power. Most were able to escape Earth, seek asylum in neighboring solar systems, or go into hiding in outer rim galaxies. 

Unfortunately the consequences for Valeria Garcia, Joanna Jacobson, & Kana’i Makoa Latu/Ataahua Kamalani Latu, the leaders (of the insurrection, revolution, civil war, and rebellion) unfortunately are more severe. 

He/she/they were told if they returned home to Oceania or South America as an Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native they would be assassinated (by spec ops and black ops paramilitary operatives or military supersoldiers) or captured (and imprisoned on a black site prison planet) by the occupying settler government of Earth. 

After the creation of the Federation composed of the now independent and sovereign Sol, Vega, & Polaris Systems most were allowed to return home by the new intergalactic government of this cosmic alliance after the fall of Earth and the Terran Confederation. 

Brainwashed, conditioned, & mind controlled to become a supervillain without their consent 

Became an antihero out necessity yet didn’t agree with the current superhero ideology 

Chose to become a superhero out of their own choice and agency

As a demigod and alien hybrid he/she/they went through many demanding and grueling trials even for a metahuman and superhuman to become a champion and hero. After completing them once they died as a mortal they were given divinity and became a full god/goddess/third gender deity

Died several times. Few as a demigod. Few as an alien hybrid. Resurrected a few times.

Died stopping a super weapon from being fired stopping the Terrran Hegemony from committing intergalactic genocide. The reason they died stopping the super weapon is. The super weapon was going to be fired by the Terran hegemony/dominion/empire to commit intergalactic genocide to get a few star systems or a galaxy to surrender to them. They were sent to destroy it by a self-destruct button on a console deep inside the facility of the super weapon. The terran dominion/empire got wind of this and sent an agent to destroy it. Making them destroy it manually with a bomb. They died weaponizing the warhead and destroying the super weapon.  Died stopping the Galaxy Buster. 

When they died they were buried in a metal coffin to be shot out into space after a military funeral as a former super soldier. One of their alien spouses and partners who can fly using solar radiation picks up the coffin after using a star fighter. She flies out to the star system (of her home giant planet) that has a few suns, several moons orbiting each planet, & many planets orbiting the suns. She puts the spacecraft on autopilot and sets a flight path around the orbits of the stars, moons, & planets. She puts them inside a power armor with a jetpack. She proceeds to take them out of the coffin and opens up the cargo bay. She then has them absorb solar radiation, lunar rays, & cosmic energy from her star system to revive him/her/them by inputting the orbit to the ai of their personal power armor suit. 

After absorbing all these rays, energy, & radiation they are revived but also dangerously supercharged from all the excess energy and radiation. Like a few hundred percent more than normal as a demigod and alien hybrid. They were like a mini star about to go supernova. Their hair, eyes, skin, hands, feet, & mouth were blazing with energy. Optic blasts from their eyes, breath blasts from their mouth, & energy blasts from their hands were radiating with power. The power armor suit was able to absorb some of the excess energy to overcharge the defense and offense abilities of the suit but not enough to absorb all of the excess energy. Thinking that an enemy force comes to fight them, seeing them, their alien spouse and partner, & knowing some parts of their alien hybrid ancestry as a result of being an enemy of their alien hybrid mothers people. And the revived demigod and alien hybrid proceeds to fight them to burn the rest of this energy.

Died from stopping a large meteorite from destroying a space frigate. Kanaloa Hawaiian God of the Underworld in some more modern reimaginings. He is a student of Milu. He revived him/her/them. He/she/they met him in a metaphysical trial since he is a god of the underworld. It was a trial of reflection since he asked him/her/them to be introspective in this trial.

Died fighting for the rebel army against them once they were freed by allies that the ship cruiser frigate corvette or battle cruiser they were on was shot by plasma or laser batteries or cannons that shot them out into space and they died from lack of oxygen. The power armor suit was locked by the AI and it wasn’t permanent death but it does count as they were clinically dead for several minutes. Also has consequences on them physically mentally and emotionally after since death shouldn’t be a simple thing even for a demigod and alien hybrid character. A dream-like trial occurs in the afterlife before they come back to life. Haumea, the Hawaiian goddess of birth, talks to them in the afterlife to help their rebirth.

They were killed by a behemoth created by adamantine, mithril, divine iron, heavenly bronze, stellar titanium, & celestial steel and other magical metals. A monster made sentient by arcane and esoteric aether and nether. It was created by demigods, deities, & titans. It was commanded by enemy gods and goddesses. The being was sent to destroy a  county by enemy gods and goddesses upon hearing their demigod existence. It was sent by the Norse as a rival pantheon. It was sent as a result of Odin, old king of the Norse gods, learning the relationship between the Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid and their Norse demigod partners. The partners being Aesir Ylva Helga Olafsdottir (Asgardian and Vanir hybrid demigod child of Skadi) and Josefine Yrsa Hansen (Norse demigod child of Freya). He/she/they sacrificed themselves by overloading their alien hybrid and demigod powers to destroy the monster to save a county in a colony of indigenous and citizens of color that were targeted when it was sent to find him/her/them. 

They were revived by being placed in a healing vat or regeneration tank full of blue, purple, & green liquids that healed them as an alien hybrid. The healing vat also had nanites that repaired, upgraded, & customized their cybernetic and bionic implants and enhancements.

They were slain by a spear with a blade made by the strongest metals in the omniverse that cut through the chest of their power armor. The power armor’s weak point was exposed by an explosive javelin coated with unknown substances that pierced the back of their power armor. The javelin was thrown from across the battlefield. After it pierced their armor it exploded. It was created by remnants of the earth government and Terran dominion regime. It was wielded by a leader of the Forces of Evil. 

When they were brought back to life, because of how they died, what happened to them when they were alive, what happened to them in the afterlife, & how they were brought back to life.

Their mind was possessed, their heart was corrupted, their mana was contaminated, their soul was tainted, & their body was decayed. They had to be purified and healed by nanites, medicine, healers, potions, and magic when they were resurrected by talismans, charms, & amulets.

Main System: 

Kana’i Akana or Atamai Latu/Ataahua Akana or Alisi Latu

Plural Systems: 

Goes his/her/their South American Indigenous Ameridian name:

Cauã/Ceci Juruna

Goes by his/her/their Polynesian Indigenous Pasifika names: 

Hawaiian name: Kana’i Akana/Ataahua Akana

Tongan name: Atami Latu/Alisi Latu. 

Samoan name: Enele/Fiva Tofilau

Goes by his/her/their Asian name: 

Ryuu Kato/Haruka Kato or Guang/Biyu Wei. 

Goes by his/her/their Afro Latine name: 

Francisco Alejandro Diego Garcia Ochoa/Francisca Alejandra Maria Garcia Ochoa. 

Goes by an English name: 

Alexander Mack Taylor/Alexandria Macy Taylor.  

Goes by an Alien name: 

Zana Saani Kayuth Adrjin .

Goes by demigod and later god/goddess name: 

Makoa Kalani/Kamalani Kalani.

Insults:

Some of these are reclaimed words that they use to take away power from those who discriminate them like marginalized communities with certain slurs 

As an alien hybrid superhuman: 

Gene snatcher, xeno

As a demigod metahuman: 

False ones, half breed, cast off, outcast.

As a bionic/cyborg:

Rust dick, bolt brain, tin man’s bitch, cyber bastard, oil bag, socket fucker, bot, toaster, clicker, beeper, tin man, can opener, assisted, chip head, half fleshbag, scrap ass, tin tits, augmented, Siri, beep boop, Cortana, gear boy/girl, computer, calculator, toy soldier, clanker, wind up, scrap heap, cog, nuts and bolts, chrome dick, metal mind, chrome dome, droid, & wire head 

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Denilson Baniwa at A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro/São Paulo

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'Caminhos Paranã' celebra a cultura indígena e a sustentabilidade. A mostra de Juliana Cascaes na CasaCor em Cuiabá, integra arquitetura, design e arte, com obras de Denilson Baniwa e Carol Gay.

O espaço convida à reflexão sobre o passado e o futuro, celebrando a rica diversidade cultural brasileira.

JulianaCascaes, #DenilsonBaniwa, #CarolGay, #CasaCorMatoGrosso, #FernandaMarques, #MatoGrosso, #FotografiaGilbertoGaldino.

Publicado no #Arqbrasil —> https://arqbrasil.com.br/45768/arte-identidade-e-sustentabilidade-de-juliana-cascaes-no-mato-grosso/

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Museu do Jardim Botânico destaca papel da ciência ante crise ecológica

O Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (JBRJ) abre nesta sexta-feira (8), às 10h, um novo espaço cultural, com entrada gratuita para o público e classificação livre. Trata-se do Museu do Jardim Botânico, que funcionará no casarão do início do século 20, com entrada pela Rua Jardim Botânico, 1008, no bairro do mesmo nome, e que recebeu investimento de R$ 12 milhões da Shell para revitalização. O Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Gestão (IDG) será responsável pela gestão do museu, que funcionará de quinta a terça-feira, das 10h às 17h, com a última entrada às 16h. Os ingressos podem ser retirados pelo site Botanical Garden RJ - Tickets. O museu conta com 14 salas no total, sendo 12 expositivas.  O presidente do Jardim Botânico, Sérgio Besserman, disse nesta terça-feira (5) à Agência Brasil que o novo museu mostra a ciência que a instituição faz, “a importância da ciência feita no JB para conservação e restauração da natureza do Brasil, das florestas principalmente, de todos os biomas; e também um pouco da história do Jardim”. Fundado em 13 de junho de 1808, o JB surgiu de decisão do então príncipe regente português, D. João de Bragança, de instalar no local uma fábrica de pólvora e um jardim para aclimatação de espécies vegetais originárias de outras partes do mundo. Atualmente é o Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, órgão federal vinculado ao Ministério do Meio Ambiente e considerado um dos mais importantes centros de pesquisa mundiais nas áreas de botânica e conservação da biodiversidade. Relevância Besserman informou que não se mostrará somente o ferramental tecnológico, mas também a relevância da ciência para enfrentar a crise ecológica e apoiar o combate à crise de biodiversidade no Brasil. “Há uma participação muito intensa dos cientistas do JB. Cada peça das exposições permanentes de cada sala, tudo foi feito com participação muito direta e intensa dos próprios cientistas do equipamento, junto com a museologia do IDG”. Segundo Besseraman, o novo museu reforça o lema do Jardim Botânico: “Muito mais que um jardim: ciência, ensino e história”. As políticas públicas e ações assertivas desenvolvidas pelo JB para conhecimento e conservação da flora brasileira ao longo de mais de 200 anos de história serão compartilhadas com o público, revelando detalhes das expedições de campo, do trabalho dos botânicos, da pesquisa científica aplicada à conservação da biodiversidade e as atividades dos laboratórios. “Há salas mostrando pesquisas avançadas de biologia molecular para identificar origem e até localização de madeira, o que ajuda a combater o desmatamento ilegal”, acrescentou Besserman. Além das exposições permanentes, o museu terá conteúdos interativos e ampla programação educativa e cultural. Logo na entrada do museu, os visitantes conhecerão uma exposição de longa duração, concebida em colaboração com um comitê de funcionários e pesquisadores do Jardim Botânico, que traz a essência do novo equipamento cultural e científico por meio de mais de dez experiências. Um dos destaques é a obra Sumaúma: Copa, Casa, Cosmos, filme de Estevão Ciavatta, com narração de Regina Casé, que promove uma imersão virtual na sumaúma (Ceiba pentandra), árvore amazônica presente na coleção viva do instituto e carregada de simbolismos. Para muitos povos, a sumaúma é o lar de entidades divinas ou mesmo um portal que leva a diferentes mundos. Obra Sumaúma: Copa, Casa, Cosmos, no Museu do Jardim Botânico - Tomaz Silva/Agência Brasil Indígenas O espaço apresenta instalações do artista e ativista dos direitos indígenas Denilson Baniwa, além da exposição temporária Mbae Kaá, o que tem na mata: Barbosa Rodrigues entre plantas e pajés. O trabalho é do ex-presidente do JBRJ João Barbosa Rodrigues e mostra que, enquanto a ciência ocidental dá nome às plantas pelo sistema do naturalista sueco Charles Linneo, os indígenas tupis-guaranis as denominavam por alguma característica apresentada, como planta com mancha amarela, planta com espinho grande, por exemplo. “É sempre alguma coisa relativa à planta. Essa exposição ficará por alguns meses no museu e depois será substituída por outra, também temporária”, informou Besserman. Segundo ele, as exposições permanentes serão atualizadas e modificadas, mas ficarão sempre abertas ao público. Fazem parte ainda do museu uma sala de leitura, com diversos livros e versões digitais de obras raras do acervo da Biblioteca Barbosa Rodrigues do Jardim Botânico, que poderão ser folheados em telas táteis; uma sala multiuso para encontros, palestras e eventos e uma ampla programação educativa e cultural. Na avaliação de Besserman, o novo equipamento é uma iniciativa boa para o Rio de Janeiro, “para valorizar a ciência em geral, assim como o conhecimento dos povos tradicionais, e um novo espaço cultural importante para o país”. Patrocínio Há mais de 110 anos no país, a Shell é uma empresa de energia integrada com participação em upstream (exploração e produção de petróleo), no novo mercado de gás natural, pesquisa e desenvolvimento e energias renováveis, entre outras áreas. A empresa é a patrocinadora master do Museu do Jardim Botânico. O Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Gestão é uma organização sem fins lucrativos especializada na gestão de centros culturais públicos e programas ambientais, que também presta consultoria para empresas privadas e atua na execução, desenvolvimento e implementação de projetos culturais e ambientais. Atualmente o IDG é responsável pela gestão dos museus do Amanhã e do Jardim Botânico, no Rio de Janeiro; do Paço do Frevo, no Recife; do Museu das Favelas, em São Paulo; e é gestor operacional do Fundo da Mata Atlântica, além de realizador das ações de conservação e consolidação do sítio arqueológico do Cais do Valongo, na região portuária do Rio. Também foi responsável pela implementação da museografia do Memorial às Vítimas do Holocausto, no Rio. Fonte: EBC GERAL Read the full article

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Antropólogos propõem incluir povo indígena em debate sobre bioeconomia

O estudo Bioeconomia indígena: saberes ancestrais e tecnologias sociais, destaca que a bioeconomia, embora tenha chegado há pouco tempo no Brasil, já era praticada há milhares de anos pelos povos originários do país e deve destacar o protagonismo indígena nas discussões sobre esse tema. A publicação, lançada em Brasília nesta semana, foi produzida pelos antropólogos indígenas Braulina Baniwa e…

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Triennale Milano: gli appuntamenti dal 17 al 22 ottobre

Triennale Milano: gli appuntamenti dal 17 al 22 ottobre. Ecco gli appuntamenti dal 17 al 22 ottobre 2023 della Triennale Milano: 17 ottobre 18.00 Incontro | Il futuro dell’arte indigena: collezioni e mostre Ingresso libero previa registrazione: triennale.org Nell’ambito del Public program della mostra Siamo Foresta, curato dal filosofo Emanuele Coccia, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain invita artisti, curatori e intellettuali a discutere del futuro dell’arte indigena, e del modo di collezionarla e rappresentarla nei musei d’arte contemporanea e nelle fondazioni a livello globale. L’incontro vedrà gli interventi di Daiara Tukano, artista, giornalista, attivista per i diritti indigeni, ricercatrice per i diritti umani, e Denilson Baniwa, artista e curatore, presentati da Emanuele Coccia. Interverranno inoltre: Hervé Chandès, Direttore generale artistico, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain; Naine Terena, professoressa, curatrice, educatrice d'arte; Andrea Viliani, Direttore Museo delle Civiltà; Angela Rui, curatrice di design, ricercatrice. 18 ottobre 10.00 Triennale Radio Show Evento online Proseguono gli appuntamenti radiofonici in collaborazione con Radio Raheem. Host della trasmissione Damiano Gullì, curatore per Arte contemporanea e Public program di Triennale Milano. dalle 11.30 alle 13.00 Press preview | Vincenzo Castella. Architetture oblique Anteprima per la stampa della mostra Vincenzo Castella. Architetture oblique a cura di Lorenza Bravetta, curatrice per Fotografia, cinema e new media di Triennale Milano. La mostra indaga due tematiche care al fotografo: gli orti botanici e le città. I due concetti vengono raccontati attraverso varie scale e dimensioni: dalle fotografie di grande e grandissimo formato a quelle di piccolo formato, fino ad arrivare ai provini a contatto originali. La mostra aprirà al pubblico dal 19 ottobre. 19 ottobre 10.00 Laboratorio | Dance Well - Ricerca e movimento per il Parkinson Ingresso libero previa iscrizione: triennale.org Triennale Milano presenta Dance Well: un’iniziativa per promuovere la pratica della danza contemporanea in spazi museali e contesti artistici, che si rivolge principalmente, ma non esclusivamente, a persone che vivono con il Parkinson. Le classi si tengono tutti i giovedì mattina fino alla fine dell'anno. 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Conhece A Casa?

“Oi?”, você deve estar se perguntando. Eu também me questionei quando vi na TV sobre A Casa, Museu do Objeto Brasileiro, espaço que existe desde 1997 e só agora me dei conta de sua existência.

Lembro que a matéria era sobre bordado, mas como estávamos no período da pandemia, acabei deixando em suspenso a visita.

Os anos se passaram e, semana passada, vi mais uma vez na TV uma dica de fim de semana para ir para A Casa, desta vez sobre artesanato da Amazônia. Trata-se da exposição “Trama Canoê”, em cartaz, seguindo o seu curso como um barquinho, e a bordo cestos, abanadores, bancos e itens de decoração e utilitários.

Decidi pegar o sábado ensolarado (ao menos, à tarde) e ir ao espaço, próximo do Instituto Tomie Otake, com meu trenzinho mesmo, rs!

Fomos recebidas pela simpática monitora Camila (que é de Itaquera!), que explicou como são elaboradas as artes expostas das regiões de São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Maués, Novo Airão e tantas outras beneficiadas por uma parceria com o Sebrae local.

Mano, que mostra linda! E o mais legal: podemos tocar nas peças, sentir como foi elaborado e ter uma ideia de como esse trabalho foi, literalmente, tramado, proporcionando ao visitante uma experiência bem interessante.

Toque nas cestarias, em especial a Urucum (que encabeça esse post), que lembra muito esse condimento que adoro!

A própria Casa já é uma experiência, já que fica de esquina, quase uma paralela, que conversa com um jardim e a avenida Pedroso de Moraes (olha, mesmo com o semáforo é meio chatinho pra atravessar, já que o fluxo de carros é intenso, mesmo no fim de semana).

Só tem um andar e bem ao lado a lojinha (tava fechada, por estar em horário de almoço, mas sem problema, vou ver se passo por lá novamente). Dica: não deixe, claro, de assinar o livro de presença e de pedir informações; com explicação foi bem mais divertida a visita.

Só senti falta de uma ação educativa (nem sei se tem!), porque seria muito massa ter atividades de criatividade com o pessoal. Por exemplo, uma oficina de desenho ou mesmo de criação de uma peça em fibra de Arumã, muito usada pela etnia Baniwa.

Quem sabe, não?

A exposição segue até 10 de setembro.

(E vou ficar de olho nas próximas)

Sigamos!   

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No SESC Guarulhos, coletiva questiona o que é ser negro e indígena nos dias de hoje

O que significa ser negro e ser indígena no mundo contemporâneo? A pergunta ecoa e funciona como um elo entre as obras da instalação Terra de Gigantes, com concepção e curadoria de Daniel Lima, que ocupa o Sesc Guarulhos entre 30 de março e 03 de setembro de 2023. A mostra propõe uma experiência imersiva coletiva cujo aparato tecnológico foi desenvolvido para garantir uma vivência interativa singular ao espectador. Daiara Tukano, Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, Denilson Baniwa, Jonathan Neguebites, Jota Mombaça, Juçara Marçal, Katú Mirim, Legítima Defesa, Marcelino Freire, Naná Vasconcelos e Naruna Costa compõem o time de artistas e coletivos convidados que atualizam a visão de nação brasileira a partir da experiência de ser um corpo negro e indígena no país. “Terra de Gigantes tem como proposição cruzar essas gerações de artistas negros e indígenas para questionar um ideário brasileiro contemporâneo, reivindicando outra imagem de Brasil, não aquela criada pelo Modernismo a partir da perspectiva branca”, explica Lima. Pensada a partir das memórias dos parques temáticos – trem fantasma, labirinto de espelhos, montanhas e rodas –, Terra de Gigantes propõe um jogo de proporções em que o visitante é reduzido ou ampliado diante de projeções em diferentes escalas. ��s vezes gigante, às vezes minúsculo, o público é constantemente convidado a interagir com os artistas que, em cada obra, se tornam personagens desse percurso construído como um longa de ficção, num passeio através de cenas que, juntas, compõem uma ambiência fantástica. Um dos corações da mostra, Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, liderança ianomâmi e autor do livro “A queda do Céu”, aguarda seu interlocutor antes de se apresentar gigantescamente em cena. Em sua obra, ele fala ao espectador sobre a força de resistência que existe não só em sua figura, mas na cultura do povo ianomâmi que, simbolicamente, através da dança de seus xamãs, garante que o céu permaneça sobre nossas cabeças e não caia. Em Terra de Gigantes, a imensa figura de Kopenawa, projetado em escala aumentada de 800%, aborda temas sensíveis e atuais, como a dimensão atual da crise ianomâmi e o projeto de civilização que se construiu a partir de um progresso destrutivo. Daiara Tukano, artista que pesquisa o direito à memória dos povos indígenas, expõe dez pinturas da série “Kahpi Hori” que, em Terra de Gigantes, deixam o suporte da tela e ganham animação em formato tridimensional. Nesta sala de imersão visual e sonora de imensas dimensões (3m x 3m x 3m), Tukano instaura um outro tempo de miração dentro da exposição, operando como um mergulho no universo simbólico de uma das expressões da arte indígena contemporânea brasileira. Imerso em um cubo com projeções mapeadas nas paredes e no piso, e sonorizado com cantos entoados pela própria artista, o espectador vivencia uma experiência que sugere visões alcançadas por meio do caapi (ayahuasca), a medicina de origem de todo o conhecimento, história, língua, cantos e desenhos do povo Tukano. Jonathan Neguebites, dançarino da 1a geração do passinho carioca, explora essa manifestação cultural e periférica ligada às batidas mais maduras do funk enquanto dança ao som vocal de Juçara Marçal, expoente da renovação da música popular brasileira. Aos dois, junta-se música de Naná Vasconcelos (1944 - 2016), papa da percussão. Naruna Costa, atriz, diretora e musicista, dialoga com a obra do escritor Marcelino Freire, interpretando o texto “Da paz”, que ganhou notoriedade em slams e competições de poemas ao falar sobre uma mãe que teve um filho morto pela polícia e se recusa a ir em uma manifestação pela paz. Costa é mais uma gigante da mostra, interpretando uma figura materna que simboliza a revolução por um novo Brasil que somente as mães de filhos que sofreram violências podem convocar. Ao todo, são 11 cenas audiovisuais que, entre diferentes caminhos poéticos, como textos, músicas, performances, entrevistas e animações, examinam os significados sobre ser negro e ser indígena no mundo contemporâneo, abrindo espaço para se pensar o amanhã a partir de referenciais plurais. É o aparato tecnológico desenvolvido para a instalação que garante a experiência imersiva em um universo onde as forças poéticas e mitológicas da cultura afro-ameríndia são evocadas através de sons, luzes e imagens. Terra de Gigantes ocupa o espaço expositivo do Sesc Guarulhos, uma área com cerca de 450m2, na qual o visitante fará uma experiência vivencial de pelo menos 45 minutos, embalada pelo tema Africadeus, de Naná Vasconcelos, música incidental que amarra toda a instalação. A exposição cria uma nova obra musical, na qual o próprio Naná, Juçara Marçal e Daiara Tukano mesclam berimbau e vozes em diferentes canais, numa colagem que origina uma ópera musical afro-indígena. SOBRE O CURADOR Daniel Lima, Natal, 1973 Daniel Lima é artista, curador, editor e pesquisador. Bacharel em Artes Plásticas, Mestre em Psicologia Clínica e doutorando em Meios e Processos Audiovisuais pela Universidade de São Paulo e membro do laboratório LabArteMídia. Desde 2001, cria investigações-ações em pesquisas relacionadas à mídia, questões raciais, resistências coletivas, presente colonial e análises geopolíticas. Membro fundador de diversos coletivos, entre eles, a Frente 3 de Fevereiro com trabalhos desenvolvidos em várias cidades do mundo. Recebeu diversos prêmios nas áreas de Artes Visuais, Cinema e Estudos Sociais – recentemente agraciado com o 64º Prêmio Jabuti (2022) como editor na categoria “Artes”. Participou de diversas exposições, festivais e seminários nacionais e internacionais. Dirige a produtora e editora Invisíveis Produções (https://issuu.com/invisiveisproducoes). SOBRE OS ARTISTAS: Daiara Tukano Daiara Hori Figueroa Sampaio - Duhigô, do povo indígena Tukano – Yé'pá Mahsã, clã Eremiri Hãusiro Parameri do Alto Rio Negro na amazônia brasileira, nascida em São Paulo. Artista, ativista, educadora e comunicadora. Graduada em Artes Visuais e Mestre em direitos humanos pela Universidade de Brasília - UnB; pesquisa o direito à memória e à verdade dos povos indígenas. Foi coordenadora da Rádio Yandê, primeira web-rádio indígena do Brasil - www.radioyande.com de 2015 à 2021. Ganhadora do Prêmio PIPA Online 2021, organizado pelo Instituto PIPA como mais relevante prêmio brasileiro de artes visuais. Estuda a cultura, história e espiritualidade tradicional de seu povo junto à sua família. Reside em Brasília, DF. Davi Kopenawa Yanomami Liderança reconhecida internacionalmente em sua luta pela defesa do território. Foi tradutor e chefe de posto da Funai (Fundação Nacional do Índio). Na década de 1970, percorreu a área ianomâmi em função de diversos trabalhos, tomando consciência de sua extensão e de sua unidade cultural. No auge da invasão garimpeira, engajou-se na luta pela demarcação do seu território, junto da CCPY (Comissão pela Criação do Parque Ianomâmi), numa campanha que durou cerca de 14 anos. Por sua atuação, recebeu o prêmio global 500 da ONU e diversas outras homenagens nacionais e internacionais, como o prêmio Itaú Cultural 30 anos, em 2017. É doutor Honoris-Causa pela Unifesp, outorgado em março de 2023. Autor do livro “A Queda do Céu”, é codiretor do documentário experimental “Xapiri”, e assina o roteiro do filme “A última Floresta” em parceria com Luis Bolognesi. Denilson Baniwa Nasceu em Mariuá, Rio Negro, Amazonas. É artista visual e comunicador que tem, a partir do Movimento Indígena Amazônico e trânsito pelo universo não-indígena, seus processos artísticos e sociais. Às vezes o desafio não é ocupar posições. Por exemplo, quando as que existem não servem, é necessário criar algo novo. Denilson Baniwa é um artista indígena; é indígena e é artista, e seu ser indígena lhe leva a inventar um outro jeito de fazer arte, onde processos de imaginar e fazer são por força intervenções em uma dinâmica histórica (a história da colonização dos territórios indígenas que hoje conhecemos como Brasil) e interpelações a aqueles que o encontram a abraçar suas responsabilidades. Jonathan Neguebites Cria de Realengo, Zona Oeste do Rio de Janeiro, Neguebites conquistou o Brasil e o mundo com a sua dança. O dançarino e professor ficou conhecido em 2016, quando começou a ganhar suas primeiras Batalhas de Passinho, tendo sido campeão de 4 delas: Batalha da Flupp, Batalha do Batan, Desafio do Passinho e Hip Funk Festival. Foi na época das suas primeiras batalhas que foi convidado a participar de um evento do Heavy Baile e, depois disso, nunca mais saiu: hoje ele é um dos artistas que compõem o coletivo de funk carioca. Jota Mombaça Artista e escritora indisciplinar cujo trabalho deriva de poesia, teoria crítica e performance. Sua prática está relacionada à crítica anticolonial e à desobediência de gênero. Através da performance, da ficção visionária e de estratégias situacionais de produção de conhecimento, pretende ensaiar o fim do mundo tal como o conhecemos e a figuração do que vem depois de desalojarmos o sujeito colonial-moderno de seu pódio. Já apresentou trabalhos em diversos contextos institucionais, como as 32ª e 34ª Bienal de São Paulo, 10ª Bienal de Berlim, 22ª Bienal de Sydney e 46ª Salão Nacional de Artistas da Colômbia. É autora do livro “Não vão nos matar agora”, publicado em Portugal em 2019 pela EGEAC e no Brasil em 2021 pela Editora Cobogó. Juçara Marçal Cantora do grupo Metá Metá. Integrou os grupos Vésper Vocal, A Barca e Ilu Obá De Min. Lançou em 2014 o disco solo “Encarnado”. O álbum ganhou o Prêmio APCA – Melhor Álbum de 2014, Prêmio Governador do Estado – Melhor Álbum – Voto do Júri, e Prêmio Multishow de Música Compartilhada, entre outros. Em 2015, lançou “Anganga”, parceria com o músico carioca Cadu Tenório. Com Rodrigo Campos e Gui Amabis, criou o projeto “Sambas do Absurdo”, inspirado no livro de Albert Camus, “O mito de Sísifo”. Realiza, ao lado de Kiko Dinucci e Thais Nicodemo, o show Brigitte Fontaine, em que canta o repertório dessa artista. Em 2019 estreou como atriz na peça “Gota d’água {Preta}”. Em 2021 lança seu segundo disco solo, “Delta Estácio Blues”. Katú Mirim Mulher lésbica, indígena, rapper, compositora, atriz e criadora de conteúdo, reconhecida por suas letras, que através do rap/rock, reconta a história da colonização pela ótica indígena. Sua arte e conteúdos são sobre as temáticas que atravessam sua vida, identidade, gênero, lesbianidade e maternidade. Sempre fazendo o recorte entre o futuro e a ancestralidade, ela traz uma visão decolonial sobre o futurismo e a tecnologia. O futuro só pode ser ancestral. Legítima Defesa Grupo de artistas, atores e atrizes, dj’s e músicos, de ação poética, portanto política, que tem como foco a reflexão e representação da negritude, seus desdobramentos sociais históricos e seus reflexos na construção da persona negra no âmbito das linguagens artísticas. Constituindo, desta forma, um diálogo com outras vozes poéticas que tenham a negritude como tema e pesquisa. Formado em 2015, o coletivo Legítima Defesa apresentou a performance poético-política “Em Legítima Defesa” na Mostra Internacional de Teatro de São Paulo de 2016. Em 2017, estreou o espetáculo “A missão em fragmentos: 12 cenas de descolonização em legítima defesa” na programação da Mostra Internacional de Teatro. Tem em sua bagagem uma série de intervenções urbanas, como “Racismo é Golpe?” e “Um rosto à procura de um nome”. Em 2019 estreou o espetáculo “Black Brecht – E se Brecht fosse negro?” projeto contemplado pelo Prêmio Zé Renato, considerado pelo guia da folha como um dos mais relevantes do ano de 2019. Em 2022 estreou sua mais nova peça “Améfrica: em Três Atos” também contemplado pelo Prêmio Zé Renato. Marcelino Freire Escritor, nasceu em 1967, em Sertânia, Pernambuco. Viveu no Recife e desde 1991 reside em São Paulo. É autor, entre outros, dos livros “Angu de Sangue” (Ateliê Editorial) e “Contos Negreiros” (Editora Record – Prêmio Jabuti 2006). Em 2004, idealizou e organizou a antologia de microcontos “Os Cem Menores Contos Brasileiros do Século” (Ateliê). Alguns de seus contos foram adaptados para teatro. Participou de várias antologias no Brasil e no exterior. “Contos Negreiros” foi publicado em 2013 na Argentina, pela Editora Santiago Arcos e com tradução de Lucía Tennina, e no México, pela Librosampleados, com tradução de Armando Escobar. Criou a Balada Literária, evento que acontece em São Paulo desde 2006, com edições em Teresina (desde 2017) e Salvador (desde 2015). No final de 2013, publicou seu primeiro romance, intitulado “Nossos Ossos” (Record – Vencedor do Prêmio Machado de Assis), publicado também na Argentina, pela editora Adriana Hidalgo, na França pela editora Anacaona, e em Portugal pela editora Nova Dheli. Em 2018, lançou pela José Olympio, o livro “Bagageiro”, que reúne o que ele chama de “ensaios de ficção”. Coordena oficinas de criação literária desde o ano de 2003. Naná Vasconcelos Nasceu no Recife. Dotado de uma curiosidade intensa, indo da música erudita do brasileiro Villa-Lobos ao roqueiro Jimi Hendrix, Naná aprendeu a tocar praticamente todos os instrumentos de percussão, embora nos anos 60 tenha se especializado no berimbau. Depois das mais variadas experiências musicais, mudou-se para o Rio de Janeiro e começou a trabalhar com Milton Nascimento. Em 1970, o saxofonista argentino Gato Barbieri o convidou para juntar-se ao seu grupo. Apresentaram-se em Nova York e Europa, com destaque para o festival de Montreaux, na Suíça, onde o percussionista encantou público e crítica. Ao término da turnê, fixou residência em Paris, França, durante cinco anos, onde gravou o seu primeiro álbum – “Africadeus” (71). No Brasil, Naná gravou o seu segundo disco “Amazonas” (72). Começou, então, uma bem-sucedida parceria com o pianista e compositor Egberto Gismonti, durante oito anos, que resultou em três álbuns – “Dança das Cabeças”, “Sol do Meio-Dia” e “Duas Vozes”. De volta a Nova York, formou o grupo “Codona”, com Don Cherry e Colin Walcott, também gravando e fazendo turnê com a banda do guitarrista Pat Metheny. Trabalhando com artistas das mais variadas tendências, Naná Vasconcelos gravou com B.B. King, com o violinista francês Jean-Luc Ponty e com o grupo de rock americano Talking Heads, liderado por David Byrne. Em 1986, de volta ao Brasil depois de dez anos, fez turnê recebida com entusiasmo pelo público. Nessa altura, Naná já havia trabalhado nas trilhas dos filmes “Procura-se Susan Desesperadamente”, de Susan Seidelman, estrelado por Rosanna Arquette e Madonna, e “Down By Law”, do cultuado diretor Jim Jarmusch, além de “Amazonas”, de Mika Kaurismaki. O trabalho de Naná sempre demonstrou a amplitude do seu talento, e nos anos 80 gravou o disco “Saudades”, concerto de berimbau e orquestra. Depois, vieram os álbuns “Bush Dance” e ‘Rain Dance”, suas experiências com instrumentos eletrônicos. Daí por diante, Naná esteve envolvido mais diretamente com o cenário musical brasileiro ao fazer a direção artística do festival Panorama Percussivo Mundial (Percpan), em Salvador, e do projeto ABC Musical, além de participações especiais em álbuns de Milton Nascimento, Caetano Veloso, Marisa Monte e Mundo Livre S/A, entre outros. Em meio a inúmeros lançamentos fora do país, Naná Vasconcelos lançou no Brasil o disco “Contando Estórias” (94), depois os CDs “Contaminação” e “Minha Lõa”. No fim de 2005, lançou “Chegada”, pela gravadora Azul Music, e em 2006, o CD mais recente, intitulado “Trilhas”. Com raízes pernambucanas, Naná idealizou o projeto ABC das Artes Flor do Mangue, trabalho com crianças carentes. Uma trajetória de vida que esbanja virtuosismo musical e integridade pessoal em tudo o que faz e toca. Informações mais detalhadas sobre o artista podem ser encontradas no site. Naruna Costa, Taboão da Serra, São Paulo, 1983. Atriz, cantora e diretora. Sua atuação se caracteriza pela valorização poética das periferias paulistanas e da presença negra no cenário cultural. Ao longo de uma década e meia, Naruna se firma no mundo artístico brasileiro graças ao impacto político e estético de seus trabalhos em teatro, televisão, cinema e música. Suas escolhas de personagens ilustram a resistência à opressão social e aos abismos econômicos do país. Formada na EAD - Escola de Arte Dramática ECA/USP/2009, Naruna é Co-fundadora do Espaço Clariô Taboão da Serra e do premiado Grupo Clariô de Teatro, referência da militância negra de cultura periférica de SP, também lidera o grupo de pesquisa de música urbana de raiz popular: "Clarianas", com dois discos autorais gravados: "Giradêra” em 2012 e “Quebra Quebranto” em 2019. No audiovisual, Naruna atualmente protagoniza a série “Irmandade” da plataforma de streaming Netflix, onde vive a intrigante advogada Cristina. Em 2018, a atriz e diretora foi a primeira negra a receber o “Prêmio APCA”, na categoria Melhor Direção, pela montagem do espetáculo “Buraquinhos - ou - O Vento é inimigo do Picuma” de Jonny Sallaberg, categoria pela qual também foi premiada pelo Prêmio Aplauso Brasil/ Júri Popular 2018. Naruna também foi premiada na categoria Melhor Atriz, em 2020 por sua atuação no filme “Toro” de Eduardo Felistoque no VI FBCI Festival Brasileiro de Cinema Internacional. Read the full article

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Somos Amazônia: saberes, desafios e visão de futuro dos povos da floresta!

Jogos Mundiais dos Povos Indígenas Por André Baniwa, Gasodá Paiter Suruí, Beka Munduruku e Nadino Calapucha Para os povos originários da Amazônia …Somos Amazônia: saberes, desafios e visão de futuro dos povos da floresta!

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Character Bio of the Asian Pasifika demigod and Afro Latine Native alien hybrid main character Part 1:

Dossier, Profile, Record, & Archive: King/Queen Kana’i Akana or Atami Latu/Ataahua Akana:

Real Names:

Polynesian Indigenous Pasifika names: 

Hawaiian name: Kana’i Akana/Ataahua Akana

Tongan name: Atamai Latu/Alisi Latu. 

Samoan name: Enele/Fiva Tofilau 

South American Indigenous Ameridian name: Cauã/Ceci Amaru Juruna

Asian name: Ryuu Kato/Haruka Kato or Guang/Biyu Wei. 

Afro-Latine name: Francisco Alejandro Diego Garcia Ochoa/Francisca Alejandra Maria Garcia Ochoa.

American/English name: Alexander Mack Taylor/Alexandria Macy Taylor.

Alien extraterrestrial name: Zana Saani Kayuth Adrjin. 

Demigod/Deity name: Makoa Kalani/Kamalani Kalani.

Ethnicity: Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native.

Racial Identity: 

A mixed East Asian Japanese, American English, East Asian Chinese, and European British person of color

A South American Colombian, Bolivian, Argentine, & Chilean Afro Latine person of color.

Cultural Identity: 

A Polynesian Hawaiian, Samoan, Marquesan, and Tongan Indigenous Pasifika of Oceania. 

South American Baniwa and Embera Indigenous Ameridian of Colombia. South American Chorote Indigenous of Bolivia and Argentina. South American Aymara Indigenous of Argentina, Bolivia, & Chile. South American Diaguita Indigenous of Chile and Argentina. 

Species: 

A Polynesian Indigenous Pasifika Oceanic demigod 

An alien Iuyamanian and Etanxiian extraterrestrial hybrid. They are a shapeshifter as an alien hybrid. They are queer and trans as someone Indigenous third gender. Their masculine, feminine, nonbinary genderless, and androgynous gender forms reflect that. 

He/she/they are an alien Iuyamnian and Etanxiian alien hybrid. Iuyumanians are warm blooded mammal aliens with orange skin, yellow eyes, red hair, & red and black striped fur. Etanxiians are cold blooded reptilian and amphibian aliens with reptilian scales and avian feathers. Etanxiians also have green skin, blue hair, and purple eyes. His/her/their mother’s alien form and his/her/their alien form both reflect this. 

When he/she/they are in his/her/their transformed alien form without clothes or worn armor the reptilian/amphibious aspect of their heritage lets his/her/their male and female external genitalia become internal and his/her/their other genitalia merge with other aspects of himself to form a cloaca. The mammalian aspects of his/her/their heritage and fur highlight and define his/her/their body while at the same time providing discreet concealment. The reptilian aspect of his/her/their heritage provides him with natural armor as a result of scaled skin with a slightly iridescent sheen.

They as an alien hybrid received their powers naturally as a mutant through biological or genetic mutation.

Alien hybrid mutant with being a shapeshifter as mutation 

Mutant who got other mutant powers through chemical mutation because of a super soldier serum injection with red, blue, green, & purple ooze in vials.

His alien hybrid mother and alien hybrid aunts and uncles as mutants received their mutant powers through temporal, esoteric, spacial, chaos, quantum, dimensional, or reality mutations.

As mutants they are immune to further mutations so chemical or biological weapons or infestation like Zerg, Flood, or Tyranids

Bionic/Cyborg as someone with firmware and software implants and bionic and cybernetic implants and enhancements.

Height: 

Regular Human Height:

Depends on gender and gender identity.

He/she/they have transformed gender forms and untransformed gender forms.

He/she/they have a 5’10” and 5’11” male masculine untransformed form that identifies with he/him pronouns. 

He/she/they have a 6’0” and 6’1” female feminine untransformed form that identifies with she/her pronouns. 

He/she/they have a 6’2”  and 6’3” nonbinary genderless untransformed form that identifies with the pronouns of they/them. 

He/she/they have a 6’4” and 6’5” nonbinary androgynous untransformed form that identifies with the pronouns of xer/xers. 

Super soldier height:

As a super soldier after experimentation and enhancement of the super soldier program:

Masc form: 6 feet

Femme form: 7 feet 

In power armor: 

Masc form: 7 feet 

Femme form: 8 feet

Demigod Height:

Masc: 7 feet

Femme: 8 feet

Alien Form Height: 

Masc: 9 feet 

Femme: 10 feet tall

God/goddess true form: Tallest mountains or volcanoes with armor and weapons the size of skyscrapers. 

Weight: 

Depends on gender and gender identity. 180 to 200+

Deity form: Metric tons. 

Body Type: 

Lean, tone, & athletic body type

Athletic, fit, graceful, lean, lithe, nimble, slim, slender, toned, willowy. Masculine alien hybrid form 

Herculean, muscular, stocky, strapping, tall, towering, toned. Feminine alien hybrid form

Strongman physique for masc kane divine form

Built, muscular, statuesque, imposing, buff, & strong body type for wahine/vahine femme divine form 

Appearance:

B,H,W or Bust, waist, hip measurement: 

5’10” to 5’11”: 38/32/38 

6'0” to 6'5”: 40/34/40

Hairstyle:

Human Form:

He/she/they like short hair styles. 

He/she/they like the pompadour, clipper cut, pixie cut, or crew cut. 

He/she/they like medium to long hairstyles 

Afrocentric hairstyles of braids, twists, & dreadlocks

Fade haircut 

Afro Hawk haircut 

He/she/they have a clipper cut, crew cut, high and tight, Ivy League, pompadour, or clean shaven hairstyle in masculine male form. It’s tightly coiled. It is a tall or high Afro tapered on the sides. With a low skin fade with a design and locs on top. The design shaved into their low skin fade is a sacred geometrical alien extraterrestrial symbol. The locs are braided with alien metal braids as an alien hybrid superhuman. The locs are beaded with divine wooden beads as a divine demigod metahuman. Some parts of the locs are dyed red, blue, purple, or green. 

Long ponytail that is partly shaved in a punk look. Single or double three strand flat braid. When in female form when shapeshifting as a metamorph, changeling, or shapeshifter. Sections of his/her/their hair are adorned and braided with divine bamboo wood beads, ash wood beads, elm wood beads, holly wood, & pine wood beads. Sections of his/her/their hair are braided with alien metal bronze, silver, & gold metal braid beads. 

They also wear their hair in a bouffant hairstyle. He/she/they structured part of his/her/their loosely knotted or twisted pinned up buns with divine silver, brass, & gold wire. Sections of his/her/their hair are adorned and braided with divine bamboo wood beads, ash wood beads, elm wood beads, holly wood, & pine wood beads. Sections of his/her/their hair are braided with divine bronze, silver, & gold metal braid beads. 

Hair texture:  Fine, lush, luxuriant

Hair look/state: Brushed, voluminous, shiny

Alien Form:

Bundles of tendril, cord, or tentacle-like hair similar to Yautja Predators or Zerg infested Sarah Kerrigan that are tied together in a long ponytail. His/her/their bioluminescent cord, tentacle, or tendril-like hair help with telepathy and empathy. They help them breathe, see, hear, & taste. These tendril-like hairs are braided with alien metal and divine wooden beads. This alien hair is an important link to their alien extraterrestrial culture. The tendril, cord, or tentacle-like hair comes out of a head crest of his/her/their alien skull.   

Hair color: 

When not transformed: Black. 

When transformed: white, red, gold, blue, green, or purple.

He/she/they have light brown, to dark brown, to black hair in his/her/their untransformed form

Facial hair: Permanently clean shaven cuz of an accident using an alien laser (from their alien hybrid mom’s alien grandmother) as a shaving razor as a teenager 

Body hair: 

Color: Black

Chest: none 

Back: none

Arms: a lot 

Legs: a lot 

Eye color: 

When not transformed: Dark Brown. 

When transformed: white, gold, blue, green, red, or purple.

He/she/they have dark brown to black colored eyes.

Skin color: When not transformed: As an Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native their skin tone is terra cotta, russet, ochre, sepia, or umber. Kissed by the sun. 

When transformed: gold, blue, green, red, & purple.

Their bioluminescent skin absorbs solar radiation, lunar energy, cosmic energy, & natural energy to give them superhuman and supernatural strength, perception, endurance, speed, lifespan, intelligence, agility, senses, durability, reflexes, and flexibility. The absorbed solar radiation, cosmic energy, and lunar energy also powers their optic blasts, energy blasts, breath blasts, & flight as an alien hybrid

Age: 

Middle aged. Has longevity as a demigod metahuman and alien hybrid superhuman with a supernatural and superhuman lifespan.

Born in the 22nd Century. Currently alive in the 60th century as a metahuman and superhuman

Birthday: 

Libra Dog

Shoe Size: Depending on gender form size men’s 11 to 20 or women’s 10 to 20 

Scar marks: 

Healed scars from experimentation. Healed scars from torture and interrogation. Healed scars from self harm caused by mental illnesses.

Extra features:

Alien Form:

His/her/their transformed form has alien hair, skin, & eyes. 

His/her/their transformed form’s body is covered in mammalian fur with stripes, avian feathers, and reptilian and amphibian scales (that covers his/her/their chest, back, arms, & legs). 

His/her/their transformed form has webbed clawed (retractable) hands with opposable thumbs and webbed clawed (retractable) feet with opposable toes. 

His/her/their transformed form has a prehensile chimera tail that is covered in avian feathers and reptilian scales. 

He/she/they are an alien Iuyamnian and Etanxiian alien hybrid. 

Iuyumanians are bipedal warm blooded mammalian aliens. Iuyamanians have orange skin, yellow eyes, red hair, & red and black striped mammalian fur. Iuyumanians have clawed (retractable) hands with opposable thumbs and clawed (retractable) feet with opposable toes. Iuyamians have a prehensile tail. Iuyamanians have a lion-like mane, dire wolf-like lupine canines, lupine gray wolf-like ears, dire wolf-like snout, kitsune nine tailed fox demon-like whiskers, & retractable smilodon-like saber teeth. They have four eyes. They are bipedal and quadrupedal and are capable of running faster on four legs. They can reach speeds of up to 120 miles per hour and can run 80 miles per hour for hours.  

Etanxiians are bipedal cold blooded reptilian, avian, & amphibian aliens with avian feathers, reptilian scales, and amphibian scales. They have reptilian scales, non-corporeal ethereal avian feathered wings that allows them to fly at 350 miles per hour. Etanxiians have webbed clawed reptilian hands and webbed clawed feet. Ethanxiians also have green skin, blue hair, and purple eyes. Etanxiians have a reptilian prehensile lizard tail. They have three eyes. Etanxiians when in reptilian form have reptilian retractable serpentine fangs and forked tongue. When in avian form Etanxiians have a avian raptor beak, avian eyes that see near 360 degree vision, and avian raptor clawed feet with talons.

His/her/their mother’s alien form and his/her/their alien form both reflect this. 

Reactive Adaptation: They adapt constantly and get stronger when either pushed to the brink of death. They then heal after life threatening injuries thanks to their healing factor, superhuman healing, constitution, and durability. They are often revived after dying. They adapt constantly and get stronger when fighting someone equal or beyond their level. They adapt very quickly whether it be magical or energy based attacks. They steadily grow more powerful and efficient the more they struggle. They recover quickly from injuries. They adapt quickly when learning their opponents movements, strengths, strategies, weaknesses, and attack patterns. They then can read their next attack minutes or seconds ahead.

Dominant, potent, or latent genetics. The First Born or Scions or Etanxiians or Iuyamians. A race of highly advanced beings with extremely potent and developed genetics.  They were advanced by a tier zero or tier one species of alien humanoids called the Titans, Primordials or First Ones who experimented with their dna or genetics on a species wide scale. The Iuyumanians and Ethanxiians can create offspring with other humanoid races. Those hybrid children can become just as powerful, if not more powerful, than their full alien humanoid parents. They are compatible with other alien humanoids, alien hybrids, divine beings, demigods, cyborgs or bionics, and augmented and enhanced humans. 

Aquatic Form:

They have an aquatic bipedal form for swimming underwater that looks like a were shark. This form has mako shark skin on their body, magical elemental hair made out of seawater, mako shark fins on their body, great white shark fin on their back, webbed clawed feet, webbed clawed hands, seven inch megalodon like teeth in their mouth, bull shark gills on their neck and chest, tiger shark stripes on their arms and legs, glowing blue eyes, kaluga fish fins on their face, blue and green sturgeon like fish scales on their body, a great white shark tail, whale shark spots on their chest and back, & a humanoid merfolk or triton like face. They have glowing bioluminescent skin. They have glowing ethereal Atlantean tattoos and Atlantean characters on their bodies. 

They have Indigenous Pasifika tattoos on their face, neck, chest, back, arms, & legs. They wear Indigenous Pasifika jewelry such as bracelets, rings, & necklaces. They wear shark tooth necklaces. They wear Atlantean steel combat armor decorated with sea turtle, manta ray, shark, & dolphin designs. Their weapons are Atlantean swords, axes, spears, clubs, & war hammer made out of atlantean steel. They rule with a five pronged quident made out of Atlantean steel and a circlet of power made out of precious metals and decorated with gemstones. These weapons are enchanted with arcane elemental magical water and serrated with seven inches long megalodon shark teeth. They can swim up  to 200 miles per hour. 

As a Bionic/Cyborg:

Cybernetic Implants:

Bionic Enhancements:

Cybernetic and bionic implants for superhuman senses of touch, taste, hearing, smell, & sight 

Electromagnetic spectrum for superhuman vision including ability to sense gamma radiation, microwaves, x rays, & radio waves

Weapons implanted in a bionic arm or leg 

Sensors for biometric analysis for lie detection

A built in net connection at any location that has wifi

Storage compartments in a bionic limb

Built in armor around vital organs

Ballistic, plasma, energy, laser: bullet and arrow dodging through a sensor detects incoming projectiles

Cooling or heat radiating mechanism that allows the implantee better heat or cold resistance

Sensors that can pick up RF or electrical activity

Configurable vocal tract that can emulate the voices of others well enough to fool voice print recognition systems.

Voice synthesizer to imitate another's voice and/or other sounds.

Computer riding shotgun in the visual cortex that looks for patterns and movements humans don't easily notice that functions as a counter to most forms of camouflage.

Internal oxygen supply with hours of breath in an oxygen deprived area. Refills using the implantee's breaths at the same rate as usage.

A targeting computer that can fire a weapon much more quickly and accurately.

The ability to plug in a micro-manipulator arm that can perform very delicate repairs

The ability to plug into a powerful exoskeleton of power armor or frame of a mech suit

Replacement nervous system is immune to the effects of electric shocks

Has many mod slots for upgrading and customizing nano machines, cyberware, cybernetic implants, & bionic enhancements 

Brain computer interface that allow uploading and downloading data

Can plug in to hack holographic computers, holographic smartphones, holographic televisions, & other electronics through cybernetic and bionic fingers

Transfer their consciousness to another suitably equipped body

Co-processor  built in computer with software that can carry out numerical computations. Other domain-specific AI (e.g. voice recognition, pattern recognition) that can carry out much better than an unmodified brain can.

Hive consciousness: brain can tap into a network of other, similarly equipped brains (where reception is available) and can share skills or knowledge in some manner.

Human metal and alien metal enhanced and augmented skeleton for supernatural strength, endurance, and durability. Almost impossible to break bones. Combined with other cybernetic and bionic enhancements.

Carbon nanotube bone augmentation for near unbreakable bones.

Metal reinforced joints for supernatural agility, flexibility, speed, & reflexes

Nanorobot muscle cell augmentation

Muscle reinforcement and enhancement for increased strength, reflexes, stamina, durability, speed, endurance, flexibility, agility 

Microchip implants that allow fast diagnosis and monitors health in real time

Ability to grow metal claws over their biological claws 

Has nanomachines for supernatural healing

Holographic Skin that can change elements of appearance: skin color, hair color, eye color, etc.

Active Camouflage for invisibility by bending light with a field of energy. Active camo that is able to render the user invisible or nearly invisible, to the naked eye. Also works against many forms of electronic scanning. The active camouflage warps light around the user's body in such a fashion that surfaces behind the user are visible through the user's body. 

Smart camo that blends in with the environment with camouflage that after coming into contact with almost any surface replicate both its pattern and texture. Multiple surfaces could be mimicked at the same time. Works against thermal scanning.

Cybernetic eyes with Cortical Implant with night vision, thermal vision, x-ray vision, ultraviolet vision, etc.

Internal Weapon Bay with compartments for hidden weapons. 

Neural interface to download information from a digital store.

Cyber and bionic brain with implanted external memory

Modified brain to have a better sense of smell, sight, hearing, taste, & touch.

Enhanced legs with greater speed, agility, flexibility, & stealth capabilities. 

Sub-dermal plating with armor that protects against tissue damage. 

Dermal carbon nanotube to make skin highly resistant to damages.

Increased density of fast-twitch muscles to increase reaction time

Increased nerve density to grant better body control and higher degree of dexterity.

Auto-releasing implanted drug suppositories with stimulants, drugs, medicine, etc. 

Bionic heart with increased endurance, stamina, constitution.

Bionic liver, lungs, kidneys, etc. with immunity to most poisons, drugs, & alcohol.

Chemical sensors to give targeted ultra sensitive smell.

Chemical sensors to give targeted ultra sensitive smell and taste

Ultrasound sonar to aid vision and let the user see inside things.

Tiny magnetic crystals attached to neurons so the user can feel magnetic and electric fields like a shark.

Subdermal micro machines that can restructure the user's face making them look like anyone they want at will.

Extra rods and cones to allow for greater perception of color, modified rods and cones to see into the infrared or ultraviolet, reflective layer at the back of the eyes (like cats) for user to have better night vision.

Small mechanical heart that kicks in at full power during times of stress/exertion 

Modified ears to hear better.  

Shockskin. It's a layer of capacitors and conductors implanted just under the skin. It is arrayed in a lattice over prosthetics. It administers an electrical shock to people they touch with it if activated.

Shock nodes on legs, knees, knuckles, & elbows for unarmed combat

Increased clotting to help staunch wounds

Decreased pain sensitivity

Prosthetic cybernetic or bionic eyes with immunity to over-stimulation from bright lights or stun weapons like flashbangs

Prosthetic eyes capable of linking up with a "smart-link" weapon scope

Bionic and cybernetic enhanced brain capable of “full immersion diving" while on the internet, computers, or brain hacking. 

Bionic and cybernetic brain capable of bio scans with upgraded firewalls to prevent brain hacks

Bionic brain with upgrades to enhance any type of hacking/brain hacking

Blood/organ nanites to help the immune system and help repair damaged cells, tissue, & organs as necessary.

Nano technology allows a faster and safer healing process and an enhanced immune system.

Auto-releasing implanted drug suppositories (combat stimulants, medicine, stimpacks, pain suppressants, etc.).

Internal bladders of drugs to be released on mental command, ranging from painkillers, to insulin, to berserker combat enhancers.

Homing devices for tracking targets

Extra metal limbs. Other than summoning extra magical ethereal limbs to hold several weapons in combat. There are a wide variety of additional limbs you can interface with. It has the same selection as prosthetics. They are especially of use to those who want to have the benefit of cybernetics or bionics but wouldn't give an arm and a leg for it. They are attached usually in a non-invasive manner. With harnesses and electro-adhesive pads, and or interface using high speed wireless. They have extra metal limbs for faster inventing or lab testing as a scientist. When out of power armor they can interface with extra metal limbs by wireless connections for combat or to help when inventing, engineering, science, creating etc.

Metal wings. There are a wide variety of additional limbs you can interface with. It has the same selection as prosthetics. They are especially of use to those who want to have the benefit of cybernetics or bionics but wouldn't give an arm and a leg for it. They are attached usually in a non-invasive manner. With harnesses and electro-adhesive pads, and interface using high speed wireless.

Super soldier (ways super soldiers are made in the cyberpunk science fiction near future and far future: cybernetic implants, bionic enhancements, alien plants, nanites, growth hormones, organs harvested from aliens, & super soldier serums)

Sex: 

Female. 

Assigned female at birth or AFAB

Gender: 

Non Binary

Mahu/Fakaleiti/Fa'afafine Indigenous Pasifika Third Gender of Oceania 

Third gender of Amerindian Indigenous people of South America 

Gender Identity: 

Nonbinary Bigender or Genderfluid

Has both male and female genitalia 

Sexual Orientation: 

Bisexual/Pansexual/Omnisexual

Pronouns: 

Regular pronouns: He/him, She/her, they/them. Neopronouns: Xer/xers. Ze/hir. Indigenous Pasifika: Oña 

Spirituality: 

Buddhist 

South American Indigenous Colombian spirituality 

Polynesian Indigenous Pasifika pagan.

Jaothean alien polytheistic pagan religion

Disabilities: 

Autistic as someone with autism

Neurodivergent: 

ADD or attention deficit disorder, ADHD or attention hyperactive disorder, OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder, & hyperlexia.

Addiction Disorders: 

Kanai Makoa Latu/Attahua Kamalani Latu is a recovering addict and alcoholic. They used to use alien and magical drugs and alcohol as a metahuman and superhuman to deal with abuse and trauma. He/she/they is a former alcoholic who drank magical alcohol meant for demigods, gods/goddesses, & titans. He/she/they used magical drugs meant for magical spellcasters. They used magical alcohol meant for magical humanoids such as fae elves, dwarves, gnomes, goblinoids, & giantkin. He/she/they drank Spirit, Myth, & Devil’s Tongue. He/she/they were a former addict who used alien drugs meant for metahumans and superhumans. He/she/they used drugs meant for cyborgs and bionics. He/she/they used alcohol meant for alien hybrids and aliens. He/she/they were addicted to Blaze, Nitro, Supernova, Nightfall, Burnout, & Light Speed.

Chronic Illnesses: 

They have several chronic illnesses. The main character for the near future and far future cyberpunk science fiction superhero character has real world chronic illnesses that affect their superpowers. They also have alien chronic illnesses and mystical chronic illnesses that affect them as a demigod and alien hybrid. They have chronic illnesses that affect their skin or eczema. They have gastro intestinal chronic illness of Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, etc. They have a neurological chronic illness of epilepsy. They were diagnosed as a child, preteen, and or teenager. Was hospitalized, diagnosed, and treated when it first happened. Took magical fantasy medication to treat conditions. Based on magical versions of our western and eastern medicine. They take medication for their chronic illnesses regularly every day in the morning, noon, & at night after eating breakfast, lunch, & dinner. They drink a lot of water daily to combat medications' side effects and to regulate their body. Their chronic illnesses was inactive for a while. They have had several remissions throughout life. They see several human and alien specialist doctors throughout the year a few times a month annually. They dropped out of college when the chronic illness remission got severe and their medical condition got bad. They left school to deal with disabilities of autism, neurodivergence, chronic illness, mental illness affected by said illness, & their prosthetic limbs. Went back to school to finish degrees after medical conditions got better. Affects their daily life as a superhero. Their autism, neurodivergence, chronic illnesses, mental illnesses, and prosthetic limbs affect their daily life.

Mental Illnesses: 

Depression, anxiety disorder, panic attacks, schizophrenia, BD or bipolar disorder, BPD or borderline personality disorder, DID or dissociative identity disorder, & PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder.

Disfigurement: 

He/she/they are physically disabled as someone because he/she/they were disfigured in combat during war. 

Disfigured by a hard-light sword wielded by a female alien super soldier who fought for the Earth Space Military

Later had their right arm replaced with a bionic and cybernetic prosthetic arm

Later had his/her/their left eye replaced with a cybernetic and bionic prosthetic eye. 

He/she/they have a hard light and plasma burn scar from the top of his/her/their eyebrow to the bottom of his/her/their cheek.

Hypersexual as a result of the trauma being a survivor of rape, abuse, assault, & domestic violence at the hands of three abusive exes (four armed female alien Migua, Atlantean sorceress Hinesy, and anthropomorphic alien wasp empress Ziewei) who were their ex fiances. Want to reclaim autonomy so they have sex on their own terms.

As a result of abuse and trauma:

It was similar to what happened to Indigenous Pasifika in those haole sanctioned schools in Oceania and Indigenous people in the residential schools in turtle island

Kidnapped in front of their childhood friends as their friends ran to call the aid of their Asian Pasifika demigod and Afro Latine Native alien hybrid parents.

Blackbirded (or native kidnapped, exploited, and enslaved from their indigenous lands) from their home in Polynesia

Blackbirded (or native kidnapped exploited and enslaved from their indigenous lands) by metahuman and superhuman traffickers 

Blackbirded and forced to mine alien ore on colonized terraformed planetoids, asteroids, and comets colonized by the Terran Dominion

Blackbirded and forced to pick alien planets on alien crop plantations  on colonized terraformed alien moons and planets colonized by the Terran Dominion 

Human and alien non native settlers took advantage of their illiteracy of certain alien languages as a demigod and alien hybrid child. 

They were forced to pray to their gods instead of their own 

They were captured and taken to a place where metahumans and superhumans like them were forcibly assimilated by human and alien traffickers for the illegal space black market 

They were forced to speak their tongue instead of their own language

Their long hair as a Afro Latine and Asian Pasifika was forcibly cut and they were forced to wear unfamiliar and uncomfortable clothes to condition them

Generational trauma of Samoan, Tongan, and Hawaiian ancestors and Amerindian Indigenous of South America who went through similar things on earth because of English and Spanish settlers

Experimented on by the scientists of the settler colonizer government of earth as part of a black project on a black site to become a metahuman and superhuman child soldier till they were a young adult 

They were denied food and water to break them and to discourage others from rebelling against them as he/she/they were seen as the leader and protector of the others as the oldest 

When rebellion and escape was thwarted they were interrogated and tortured

Gladiatorial pit fighter that fought magical and alien humanoids, beasts, creatures, animals, & monsters for the enjoyment of rich human and alien elite on an alien planet 

Escaped and became a rebel soldier later rebel leader who fought against terra government once they learned Earth was responsible 

Captured and tortured by Earth and Terra government 

Brainwashed and mind controlled to become a metahuman and superhuman super soldier for the Terran Dominion space military to conquer worlds to expand earth’s dominion and hegemony over several solar systems and a few galaxies

Fought in proxy wars across Asia, Europe, Africa Oceania, Australia, and the Americas as a metahuman and superhuman child soldier when they were a child until they were a preteen 

Fought in proxy wars in many planets, several star systems, and a few galaxies as a metahuman and superhuman child soldier when they were a teenager until they were a young adult

Fought against Earth and the Terran Dominion after they were free through telepaths and empaths of the rebel army from the mind control and brainwashing (by human and alien telepaths and empaths of the Terran military)

Is stateless or someone without a nationality as a result and repercussion of him/her/them leading the rebellion, revolution, civil war, and insurrection against the Earth and Terran Confederation to take them out of power. Most were able to escape Earth, seek asylum in neighboring solar systems, or go into hiding in outer rim galaxies. 

Unfortunately the consequences for Valeria Garcia, Joanna Jacobson, & Kana’i Makoa Latu/Ataahua Kamalani Latu, the leaders (of the insurrection, revolution, civil war, and rebellion) unfortunately are more severe. 

He/she/they were told if they returned home to Oceania or South America as an Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native they would be assassinated (by spec ops and black ops paramilitary operatives or military supersoldiers) or captured (and imprisoned on a black site prison planet) by the occupying settler government of Earth. 

After the creation of the Federation composed of the now independent and sovereign Sol, Vega, & Polaris Systems most were allowed to return home by the new intergalactic government of this cosmic alliance after the fall of Earth and the Terran Confederation. 

Brainwashed, conditioned, & mind controlled to become a supervillain without their consent 

Became an antihero out necessity yet didn’t agree with the current superhero ideology 

Chose to become a superhero out of their own choice and agency

As a demigod and alien hybrid he/she/they went through many demanding and grueling trials even for a metahuman and superhuman to become a champion and hero. After completing them once they died as a mortal they were given divinity and became a full god/goddess/third gender deity

Died several times. Few as a demigod. Few as an alien hybrid. Resurrected a few times.

Died stopping a super weapon from being fired stopping the Terrran Hegemony from committing intergalactic genocide. The reason they died stopping the super weapon is. The super weapon was going to be fired by the Terran hegemony/dominion/empire to commit intergalactic genocide to get a few star systems or a galaxy to surrender to them. They were sent to destroy it by a self-destruct button on a console deep inside the facility of the super weapon. The terran dominion/empire got wind of this and sent an agent to destroy it. Making them destroy it manually with a bomb. They died weaponizing the warhead and destroying the super weapon.  Died stopping the Galaxy Buster. 

When they died they were buried in a metal coffin to be shot out into space after a military funeral as a former super soldier.

One of their alien spouses and partners who can fly using solar radiation picks up the coffin after using a star fighter. She flies out to the star system (of her home giant planet) that has a few suns, several moons orbiting each planet, & many planets orbiting the suns. She puts the spacecraft on autopilot and sets a flight path around the orbits of the stars, moons, & planets. She puts them inside a power armor with a jetpack. She proceeds to take them out of the coffin and opens up the cargo bay. She then has them absorb solar radiation, lunar rays, & cosmic energy from her star system to revive him/her/them by inputting the orbit to the ai of their personal power armor suit. 

After absorbing all these rays, energy, & radiation they are revived but also dangerously supercharged from all the excess energy and radiation. Like a few hundred percent more than normal as a demigod and alien hybrid. They were like a mini star about to go supernova. Their hair, eyes, skin, hands, feet, & mouth were blazing with energy. Optic blasts from their eyes, breath blasts from their mouth, & energy blasts from their hands were radiating with power. The power armor suit was able to absorb some of the excess energy to overcharge the defense and offense abilities of the suit but not enough to absorb all of the excess energy. Thinking that an enemy force comes to fight them, seeing them, their alien spouse and partner, & knowing some parts of their alien hybrid ancestry as a result of being an enemy of their alien hybrid mothers people. And the revived demigod and alien hybrid proceeds to fight them to burn the rest of this energy.

Died from stopping a large meteorite from destroying a space frigate. Kanaloa Hawaiian God of the Underworld in some more modern reimaginings. He is a student of Milu. He revived him/her/them. He/she/they met him in a metaphysical trial since he is a god of the underworld. It was a trial of reflection since he asked him/her/them to be introspective in this trial.

Died fighting for the rebel army against them once they were freed by allies that the ship cruiser frigate corvette or battle cruiser they were on was shot by plasma or laser batteries or cannons that shot them out into space and they died from lack of oxygen. The power armor suit was locked by the AI and it wasn’t permanent death but it does count as they were clinically dead for several minutes. Also has consequences on them physically mentally and emotionally after since death shouldn’t be a simple thing even for a demigod and alien hybrid character. A dream-like trial occurs in the afterlife before they come back to life. Haumea, the Hawaiian goddess of birth, talks to them in the afterlife to help their rebirth.

They were killed by a behemoth created by adamantine, mithril, divine iron, heavenly bronze, stellar titanium, & celestial steel and other magical metals. A monster made sentient by arcane and esoteric aether and nether. It was created by demigods, deities, & titans. It was commanded by enemy gods and goddesses. The being was sent to destroy a  county by enemy gods and goddesses upon hearing their demigod existence. It was sent by the Norse as a rival pantheon. It was sent as a result of Odin, old king of the Norse gods, learning the relationship between the Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native demigod and alien hybrid and their Norse demigod partners. The partners being Aesir Ylva Helga Olafsdottir (Asgardian and Vanir hybrid demigod child of Skadi) and Josefine Yrsa Hansen (Norse demigod child of Freya). He/she/they sacrificed themselves by overloading their alien hybrid and demigod powers to destroy the monster to save a county in a colony of indigenous and citizens of color that were targeted when it was sent to find him/her/them. 

They were revived by being placed in a healing vat or regeneration tank full of blue, purple, & green liquids that healed them as an alien hybrid. The healing vat also had nanites that repaired, upgraded, & customized their cybernetic and bionic implants and enhancements.

They were slain by a spear with a blade made by the strongest metals in the omniverse that cut through the chest of their power armor. The power armor’s weak point was exposed by an explosive javelin coated with unknown substances that pierced the back of their power armor. The javelin was thrown from across the battlefield. After it pierced their armor it exploded. It was created by remnants of the earth government and Terran dominion regime. It was wielded by a leader of the Forces of Evil. 

When they were brought back to life, because of how they died, what happened to them when they were alive, what happened to them in the afterlife, & how they were brought back to life.

Their mind was possessed, their heart was corrupted, their mana was contaminated, their soul was tainted, & their body was decayed. They had to be purified and healed by nanites, medicine, healers, potions, and magic when they were resurrected by talismans, charms, & amulets.

Main System: 

Kana’i Akana or Atamai Latu/Ataahua Akana or Alisi Latu

Plural Systems: 

Goes his/her/their South American Indigenous Ameridian name:

Cauã/Ceci Juruna

Goes by his/her/their Polynesian Indigenous Pasifika names: 

Hawaiian name: Kana’i Akana/Ataahua Akana

Tongan name: Atami Latu/Alisi Latu. 

Samoan name: Enele/Fiva Tofilau

Goes by his/her/their Asian name: 

Ryuu Kato/Haruka Kato or Guang/Biyu Wei. 

Goes by his/her/their Afro Latine name: 

Francisco Alejandro Diego Garcia Ochoa/Francisca Alejandra Maria Garcia Ochoa. 

Goes by an English name: 

Alexander Mack Taylor/Alexandria Macy Taylor.  

Goes by an Alien name: 

Zana Saani Kayuth Adrjin .

Goes by demigod and later god/goddess name: 

Makoa Kalani/Kamalani Kalani.

Insults:

Some of these are reclaimed words that they use to take away power from those who discriminate them like marginalized communities with certain slurs 

As an alien hybrid superhuman: 

Gene snatcher, xeno

As a demigod metahuman: 

False ones, half breed, cast off, outcast.

As a bionic/cyborg:

Rust dick, bolt brain, tin man’s bitch, cyber bastard, oil bag, socket fucker, bot, toaster, clicker, beeper, tin man, can opener, assisted, chip head, half fleshbag, scrap ass, tin tits, augmented, Siri, beep boop, Cortana, gear boy/girl, computer, calculator, toy soldier, clanker, wind up, scrap heap, cog, nuts and bolts, chrome dick, metal mind, chrome dome, droid, & wire head 

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Menopausa é desconhecida por mulheres, que não sabem lidar com os sintomas

Em São Gabriel da Cachoeira (AM), município que abriga a maior população indígena do Brasil, a cientista política Dadá do Povo Baniwa descobriu, aos 35 anos, que estava na menopausa. Leia mais (03/11/2023 – 10h00) Artigo Folha de S.Paulo – Equilíbrio e Saúde – Principal Pulicado em https://ift.tt/ID2niCo

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Puzzle Monday: Official Language, Social Weapon Among our crosswords and other puzzles, we'll be featuring linguistic challenges from around the world from puzzle aficionado and writer Alex Bellos. A PDF of the puzzle, as well as the solution, can be downloaded below. São Gabriel da Cachoeira, a remote municipality in the Amazon rain forest, is unique in Brazil: It has five official languages. The municipality—an area the size of Tennessee, along the frontier with Colombia and Venezuela—has a population of about 46,000, about three quarters of whom are Indigenous peoples. The official languages are Portuguese, the national language of Brazil, as well as locally-spoken Tucano, Baniwa, Nheengatu, and Yanomamo. The idea of legislating for official languages at a municipal level is a Brazilian innovation, designed to help preserve Indigenous languages, promote cultural pride, and improve social mobility. If a language has official legal status in a municipality, the hope goes, local state institutions will eventually offer all their services in that language, through take-up of this policy has been slowed by politics and a lack of funding. “The whole project of ‘co-official languages’ is very recent,” says Federal University of Santa Catarina linguist Gilvan Müller de Oliveira, who is also the UNESCO Chair on Language Policies for Multilingualism. “But you need to see it as the start of a process that is very complex.” Müller de Oliveira was one of the initiators of the legislation that gives local languages official status alongside Portuguese. São Gabriel da Cachoeira was the first place to apply the law in 2002, when it made Tucano, Baniwa, and Nheengatu “co-official.” (Yanomamo was added in 2017.) Since 2002, nine other Indigenous languages have been made official in nine other municipalities across Brazil. These languages are, however, only a fraction of Brazil’s 200 or so Indigenous languages, which are spoken by around 350,000 people, or about one in three of the overall Indigenous population. All of these languages are considered endangered. (In addition, nine European languages have been made official in municipalities in the south of Brazil, where there was much European immigration. These include languages no longer spoken in mainland Europe, such as Talian [a Venetian dialect], Pomeranian, and Hunsrik.) “Now, [Indigenous] communities see their languages as part of their culture." Müller de Oliveira says that the introduction of co-official Indigenous languages must be understood as a small but important step in both saving these languages from extinction and improving the lives of Indigenous people. “The 20th century was a century of persecution [for the speakers of Indigenous languages]. In the 21st century the tide is turning,” he says. “Now, communities see their languages as part of their culture. An official language is a social weapon.” It is up to local government to offer services in all official languages, but this is barely happening. Local leaders often have other priorities, as well as a lack of funding. But it is also a reflection of the national political climate. Between 2019 and 2022, the Brazilian president was Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right ideologue who actively campaigned against the rights of Indigenous peoples. Now, however, the mood has changed. In January, the newly elected president (who also served from 2003 to 2010), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, created a Ministry for Indigenous People, bringing hope to Indigenous communities that their interests, including the preservation of languages, will be better served by the federal government. In addition to their social and cultural importance, the languages are also of great interest to the linguistics community. Nheengatu (14,000 speakers) is a member of the Tupi language family, and was spread by Jesuit colonizers as a lingua franca for Indigenous people, and Baniwa (4,700 speakers) is from the Arauque language family. Two of the official languages, Tucano (4,600 speakers) and Yanomamo (20,000), on the other hand, are language isolates, meaning that there is not a family of other languages to which they belong. The puzzle below plays on one of the unusual aspects of the language. Claudiane Menezes, a biologist who speaks Nheengatu and grew up in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, says that there has been an increase in the acceptance of Indigenous languages there in recent years. This is partly due to their status as official languages, and also a result of new education policy. “The languages are more ‘visible’ because schools are now obliged to teach a native language,” she says. “In a few public places—like the local notary—I’m told you can get attended by someone speaking in the official languages.” Müller de Oliveira hopes that the co-official status of Indigenous languages will push local leaders in places such as São Gabriel da Cachoeira to introduce written materials in these languages. “The statistics are worrying. The census says that the number of native speakers of the Indigenous languages is decreasing,” he says. “If these languages are not being used in the internet, in digital form, young people will quickly start to use Portuguese instead. “We really hope that things will change.” Stumped? Download the solution, with all the logical steps to get there! https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/puzzles-tucano-language

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Museu do Jardim Botânico destaca papel da ciência ante crise ecológica

O Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (JBRJ) abre nesta sexta-feira (8), às 10h, um novo espaço cultural, com entrada gratuita para o público e classificação livre. Trata-se do Museu do Jardim Botânico, que funcionará no casarão do início do século 20, com entrada pela Rua Jardim Botânico, 1008, no bairro do mesmo nome, e que recebeu investimento de R$ 12 milhões da Shell para revitalização. O Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Gestão (IDG) será responsável pela gestão do museu, que funcionará de quinta a terça-feira, das 10h às 17h, com a última entrada às 16h. Os ingressos podem ser retirados pelo site Botanical Garden RJ - Tickets. O museu conta com 14 salas no total, sendo 12 expositivas.  O presidente do Jardim Botânico, Sérgio Besserman, disse nesta terça-feira (5) à Agência Brasil que o novo museu mostra a ciência que a instituição faz, “a importância da ciência feita no JB para conservação e restauração da natureza do Brasil, das florestas principalmente, de todos os biomas; e também um pouco da história do Jardim”. Fundado em 13 de junho de 1808, o JB surgiu de decisão do então príncipe regente português, D. João de Bragança, de instalar no local uma fábrica de pólvora e um jardim para aclimatação de espécies vegetais originárias de outras partes do mundo. Atualmente é o Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, órgão federal vinculado ao Ministério do Meio Ambiente e considerado um dos mais importantes centros de pesquisa mundiais nas áreas de botânica e conservação da biodiversidade. Relevância Besserman informou que não se mostrará somente o ferramental tecnológico, mas também a relevância da ciência para enfrentar a crise ecológica e apoiar o combate à crise de biodiversidade no Brasil. “Há uma participação muito intensa dos cientistas do JB. Cada peça das exposições permanentes de cada sala, tudo foi feito com participação muito direta e intensa dos próprios cientistas do equipamento, junto com a museologia do IDG”. Segundo Besseraman, o novo museu reforça o lema do Jardim Botânico: “Muito mais que um jardim: ciência, ensino e história”. As políticas públicas e ações assertivas desenvolvidas pelo JB para conhecimento e conservação da flora brasileira ao longo de mais de 200 anos de história serão compartilhadas com o público, revelando detalhes das expedições de campo, do trabalho dos botânicos, da pesquisa científica aplicada à conservação da biodiversidade e as atividades dos laboratórios. “Há salas mostrando pesquisas avançadas de biologia molecular para identificar origem e até localização de madeira, o que ajuda a combater o desmatamento ilegal”, acrescentou Besserman. Além das exposições permanentes, o museu terá conteúdos interativos e ampla programação educativa e cultural. Logo na entrada do museu, os visitantes conhecerão uma exposição de longa duração, concebida em colaboração com um comitê de funcionários e pesquisadores do Jardim Botânico, que traz a essência do novo equipamento cultural e científico por meio de mais de dez experiências. Um dos destaques é a obra Sumaúma: Copa, Casa, Cosmos, filme de Estevão Ciavatta, com narração de Regina Casé, que promove uma imersão virtual na sumaúma (Ceiba pentandra), árvore amazônica presente na coleção viva do instituto e carregada de simbolismos. Para muitos povos, a sumaúma é o lar de entidades divinas ou mesmo um portal que leva a diferentes mundos. Obra Sumaúma: Copa, Casa, Cosmos, no Museu do Jardim Botânico - Tomaz Silva/Agência Brasil Indígenas O espaço apresenta instalações do artista e ativista dos direitos indígenas Denilson Baniwa, além da exposição temporária Mbae Kaá, o que tem na mata: Barbosa Rodrigues entre plantas e pajés. O trabalho é do ex-presidente do JBRJ João Barbosa Rodrigues e mostra que, enquanto a ciência ocidental dá nome às plantas pelo sistema do naturalista sueco Charles Linneo, os indígenas tupis-guaranis as denominavam por alguma característica apresentada, como planta com mancha amarela, planta com espinho grande, por exemplo. “É sempre alguma coisa relativa à planta. Essa exposição ficará por alguns meses no museu e depois será substituída por outra, também temporária”, informou Besserman. Segundo ele, as exposições permanentes serão atualizadas e modificadas, mas ficarão sempre abertas ao público. Fazem parte ainda do museu uma sala de leitura, com diversos livros e versões digitais de obras raras do acervo da Biblioteca Barbosa Rodrigues do Jardim Botânico, que poderão ser folheados em telas táteis; uma sala multiuso para encontros, palestras e eventos e uma ampla programação educativa e cultural. Na avaliação de Besserman, o novo equipamento é uma iniciativa boa para o Rio de Janeiro, “para valorizar a ciência em geral, assim como o conhecimento dos povos tradicionais, e um novo espaço cultural importante para o país”. Patrocínio Há mais de 110 anos no país, a Shell é uma empresa de energia integrada com participação em upstream (exploração e produção de petróleo), no novo mercado de gás natural, pesquisa e desenvolvimento e energias renováveis, entre outras áreas. A empresa é a patrocinadora master do Museu do Jardim Botânico. O Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Gestão é uma organização sem fins lucrativos especializada na gestão de centros culturais públicos e programas ambientais, que também presta consultoria para empresas privadas e atua na execução, desenvolvimento e implementação de projetos culturais e ambientais. Atualmente o IDG é responsável pela gestão dos museus do Amanhã e do Jardim Botânico, no Rio de Janeiro; do Paço do Frevo, no Recife; do Museu das Favelas, em São Paulo; e é gestor operacional do Fundo da Mata Atlântica, além de realizador das ações de conservação e consolidação do sítio arqueológico do Cais do Valongo, na região portuária do Rio. Também foi responsável pela implementação da museografia do Memorial às Vítimas do Holocausto, no Rio. Fonte: EBC GERAL Read the full article