The first World Indigenous Games is underway in Palmas, Brazil, having kicked off on October 23.Also billed as the Indigenous Olympics, the games include 2,000 athletes from dozens of Brazilian tribes, as well as indigenous groups from 22 other countries—from the United States and Russia, to New Zealand and Ethiopia. Sporting events include some Western-style competitions like soccer, and many indigenous traditional games—some played competitively, many played as demonstration events. The games run through November 1.
- A Native American from the United States takes part in the bow and arrow competition at the World Indigenous Games in Palmas, Brazil, on October 26, 2015. The event, which comes one year after Brazil played host to soccer’s World Cup and ahead of next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, kicked off on Friday.Eraldo Peres / AP
- In this Friday, October 23, 2015 photo, people from various ethnic groups and countries dance during the opening ceremony of the World Indigenous Games, in Palmas, Brazil.Eraldo Peres / AP
- An indigenous man from the Pataxo tribe watches a relay race where the contestants carry tree trunks during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples on October 27, 2015.Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
- Athletes representing the Xerente Brazilian tribe celebrate a goal against the Pataxo Brazilian tribe team in a soccer match during the World Indigenous Games on October 23, 2015.Eraldo Peres / AP
- Women from the Kayapo, left, and the Rikbaktsa ethnic groups take part in the parade of indigenous beauty at the World Indigenous Games on October 24, 2015.Eraldo Peres / AP
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