Bameno
©Caiga Baihua En: Mima Ganquimi andher daughter rest in a hammock in Bameno..
Waotededo: Mima tono nanowenga ñowode owodapa..
©Caiga Baihua En: Luciana Nama prepares cassava root from her farm near Bameno..
Waotededo: Luciana kei tenogampa..
©Caiga Baihua En: Luciana Nama and her family cook cassava root that was collected from her farm near her home in Bameno..
Waotededo: Luciana nani wenkabo kene enogampa..
©Ewene Ima En: A caterpillar climbs on a chambira hammock hanging in a house in the Waorani community of Bameno..
Waotededo: Ocone, timade nemonkade eipa ñooga, one ñoo piode waodani owoyomo Bameno..
©Dogaka Baihua En: Paiche maito (a traditional fish plate) cooks over the fire in Kemperi's home in Bameno..
Waotededo: Yeye enoinga..
©Mima Ganquimi En: Clouds pass over a soccer field in the community of Bameno..
Waotededo: Bogima wodo tebempa bameno peipo opoimankade..
©Boya Ñama En: This species of flower grows in the grass near the lagoon and marshlands around Bameno community, especially during the rainy season..
Waotededo: Mani ongai gawape yewede pepa bameno nani owoyomo köne depo iñede..
©Boya Ñama En: Cassava root is a very significant food for the Bameno community. It takes about six months to grow, so it is important to cultivate new plants constantly..
Waotededo: Nani Bameno owoyomo kene Kengi nangi waemo impa, tome pepa emempoke go adoke apaika mani beye toma ñede gaki impa..
©Kipa Nenkemo Huabe En: This spider on the bank of Cononaco River always builds its webs near the river to feed on butterflies..
Waotededo: Bakaya kowe ñanompa bokayame timadeini inani kenkete ante..
©Kipa Nenkemo Huabe En: A group of women in the Bameno community take part in a minga (community gathering) organized by the school teacher to clean up the vegetation around the school and community..
Waotededo: Bameno waodani okiyenani gagime pinonanipa, menkayonta odemonga godo epeneka ponte, minkayonta nani ayomo tono tomenani owoyomo waponi nenkete ante..
©Mima Ganquimi En: Various species of palm grow at the edge of a lagoon near the community of Bameno..
Waotededo: Gawape yewedeka bameno pepa teeye datamowe..
©Boya Ñama En: This lagoon is located near Bameno community. In the month of July, it is almost completely dry. Animals like boas (a species of snake), paiche (a type of fish), charapas (river turtles) and large alligators live here..
Waotededo: Bameno nani owoyomo gawape ongo julio (wibaka tede) epe wedame poni impa ada weite, tomiñomo kewenani oingaidi obe bai, paichi tono ñene noma..
©Kipa Nenkemo Huabe En: This vine is used by several species of monkey to quickly climb trees in the forest of the Yasuní near Bameno..
Waotededo: Mani omeñeka yekene toma gataidi kewo impa kiñe poni eikete ante Yasuní omede..
©Omekiri Yate En: A caterpillar feeds on a leaf along the path through the woods near the Waorani community of Bameno..
Waotededo: Nemonkade oñabo kegampa iyomo bameno gameno nai keweñomo..
©Kipa Nenkemo Huabe En: Nenquimo, who is eight years old, proudly holds a blowgun. He is learning to use this blowgun, made in the traditional Waorani way, to hunt with his father in the jungle near his community of Bameno..
Waotededo: Nenquimo, emempoke go meña adoke wadepo inga tote omena bei okonte ne gongegampa mani omena kowe nani kei bai keina impa, inkete tomenga nengampa onte eñenkete ante wempoka bai omede, Boanamo nani owoyomo..
©Gomo Ñama En: Along a trail to the lagoon near the community of Bameno, this wild cocoa bush is flowering..
Waotededo: Gawapä kegonke goyede Bameno nani owoyomo obote, mani kope mowenka pete ongai podote ongompa..
©Boya Tega En: In the community of Bameno, Nama Tehueyene uses traditional Waorani clothing made from the chambira, a palm fiber that is very durable..
Waotededo: Tehueyene Ñama, waodani eñate kewemai eñakampa ongima kei wantepiye añakete ante ante..
©Wangui Koba En: This heart-shaped leaf, called kowentobeyo in Wao Tededo, sits along a trail in the forest near Bameno..
Waotededo: Adoke oñabo kowentobeyo mimo bai ñabo abaimipa bameno gameno..
©KipaHuabe En: When the water level rises in the lagoon close to the community of Bameno, large numbers of these small winged insects appear..
Waotededo: Bameno nani owoyomo obote gawape ongo tao epe añede giyidi bamo pananita ponanipa..
©Kipa Huabe En: Many animals live in the woods around the community of Bameno, including this species of gecko..
Waotededo: Bameno nani owoyomo omede bamo kewenanipa eweneidi..
©Boya Ñama En: This species of flower grows in the grass near the lagoon and marshlands around Bameno community, especially during the rainy season..
Waotededo: Mani ongai gawape yewede pepa bameno nani owoyomo köne depo iñede..
©Omekiri Yate En: Animals such as piranha fish, paiche fish, and boa snakes reside in this lagoon, far from the community of Bameno..
Waotededo: Adoke gawape goobe bameno gameno bakoo oigaidi kewenanipa gade, obe, painche..
©Kipa Huabe En: Toa, or dragonflies, live near wetlands and floodplains around the Bameno community. According to Waorani beliefs, they transform into butterflies each year..
Waotededo: Towaidi nani (libélulas) anani yekene aki´ma tono omape epe ante ongoñomo pedanipa, waodani apenete enyente kewemai yekene toma adoke wadepo bayo tegantai badanipa..
©Kipa Huabe En: This kind of butterfly lives in the forest near Bameno and is commonly seen throughout the year..
Waotededo: Mani tegantaidi yekene Bameno omede, edonganke ingampa toma wadepo a bye..
©Gomo Ñama En: At the edge of the lagoon near Bameno, many small plants like this fern grow on large, decaying tree trunks..
Waotededo: Gawape wedeka ñene awemo wente wa woboga, nangi giiya aweidi pedanipa ébano mani toyoba pebai..
©Yatewue Baihua Tega En: On a hike through the forest along the path to the lagoon near Bameno, there are very interesting shapes, like this snakelike seedling..
Waotededo: Adoke tadonke gawapaa godo toma badontebai tente bainani abaimipa..
©Kipa Huabe En: On sunny days in the community of Bameno, these butterflies, or tegantai in Wao Terero, come to lick the salt in the clay soil..
Waotededo: Maninani tegantaidi yekene oñipoiya katipe bedani inanipa nenki nangi nawayede..
©Omekiri Yate En: This often hard-to-find tree, with its textured bark, is located in the forest on the bank of Conanaco River near Bameno..
Waotededo: Bameno epe yewedeka awe wee womonte ongowempa omede..
©Yatewue Baihua Tega En: As tradition in the Waorani culture, families travel by canoe when the water level rises on Cononaco River, which runs past Bameno..
Waotededo: Bameno epe emema wipodenke gobaimipa kowe nani gote kewemai..
©Nenkerey Toga En: The airstrip in the community of Bameno is wet from constant rain..
Waotededo: Bameno nani owoyomo eboweimanka gañe impa koneke omede oponte beye..
©Panenky Kaiga Miipo En: The leaf of the plant used to make Panama Hats and chambira palm fiber are traditional natural components of the Waorani culture. These components serve many purposes in Bameno, such as roofing material and thread for making handicrafts..
Waotededo: Mooñabo tono one yekene nani waodani neente kewe impa tomenani ke, wa wa go eene eene nani bado..
©Miipo Quemperi En: Many Waorani people fish in the streams near their homes for paiche, an important species for the families Bameno..
Waotededo: Bakodani iyomo kewenani odonanipa tomenani keweñomo painche kengi bee bameno tomanani..
©Miipo Quemperi En: This spider makes its web in the forest next to a small stream near the community of Bameno..
Waotededo: Mani bokaya tomenga bokayameko ñangampa Bameno nani owoyomo obote, weda ompade wedo..
©Boya Tega En: The yellow-footed tortoise is very common in the Yasuní forest. This turtle is on the bank of Cononaco River near Bameno attempting to cross, but the river is too high for it to do so..
Waotededo: Omaaka Enketa tomanani aka yasuní ome kewenga, nani enketa bamenonga onowedeka ongogampa emema taokete ante inkete inepe yekene kone nangi kete epe nangi tao ï ébano kete taokinga..
©Nenkerey Toga En: Red macaw parrots perch on the roof of Meñewe's house in the community of Bameno in Yasuní..
Waotededo: Obatawe Eweidi meñewa onkomanka po pentadinani, Bameno nani owoyomo, Yasuní ome..
©Nenkerey Toga En: On a hill near the community of Bameno, the entire airstrip and many of the houses in the community that sit on the riverbank are visible..
Waotededo: Bameno nani owoyomo anakidi ne goge toma eboweimankaaki tono bako okonko menoi ongo bameno onowek ongo..
©Nenkerey Toga En: Near the airstrip in the community of Bameno, the color of the clouds draws attention to the sun as it sets over the jungle canopy..
Waotededo: Ebaweon mamka obote bameno nai owoyomo aweneka eidinke gawadike bayede bogima wado, pemonte bai bate ai ai gogempa..
©Panenky Kaiga Miipo En: Menkerey and Wene harvest cassava root on their farm plot near the airstrip in Bameno community. Cassava root is used to make chicha, a traditional Waorani drink..
Waotededo: Nenkerey tono wene gogadapa kene wogadapa ebowen manka yewede, kene yekene kei apoki beye ante impa..
©Nenkerey Toga En: A baby woolly monkey sits in the doorway of Kipa's house in the Bameno community. The baby monkey plays with Kipa's children..
Waotededo: Gata wenga odemo kipa onko ongogampa bameno kipa wenani tono opokete ante..
©Nenkerey Toga En: From the doorway of Kipa's house in Bameno, the houses on the other side of the airstrip are visible, surrounded by the forest..
Waotededo: Odemo kipa onko ino abaimipa emate ino eboweimanka nani bameno keweñomo..
©Luciana Teweyene Ñama En: Otobo and Ciaga Baihua teach their children how to aim while hunting birds using a traditional Waorani blowgun in the community of Boanamo..
Waotededo: Otobo tono Caiga nanowenani inanite odomonapa, ébano kowemä kekï ï, ayamoidi inanite mankadoki ante omenanka, boanamo nani owoyomo..
©Luciana Teweyene Ñama En: Otobo and Ciaga Baihua teach their children how to aim while hunting birds using a traditional Waorani blowgun in the community of Boanamo..
Waotededo: Otobo tono Caiga nanowenani inanite odomonapa, ébano kowemä kekï ï, ayamoidi inanite mankadoki ante omenanka, boanamo nani owoyomo..
©Taremo Tokari En: Near Boanamo on Cononaco River, a medium-sized crocodile sits on the bank of the river, where he was probably looking for a frog or toad to eat..
Waotededo: Boanamo obote, cononaco ononga wedä Noma onowedeka oño adanimpa, wekemo tono kotaye ate kenkete ante..
©Ewene Ima En: A pair of macaws sits in a tree above the jungle canopy at a lagoon near the community of Boanamo..
Waotededo: Omede eibe awemo neka Eweidi contadanipa, gawapeno, nani owoyomo Boanamo obote..
©Luciana Teweyene Ñama En: A wild pineapple is ripe and ready to eat near a salt lick located along Cononaco River..
Waotededo: Adoke omede ganbo bëgade ï ongopa, onkamone obote Cononako ononga iñomo..
©Ewene Ima En: The surface of the water of a lagoon near the community of Boanamo shows the reflection of the trees around the lagoon..
Waotededo: Gawape epe boanamo nani owoyomo obote, gane badope yewede aweidi edonke epeno gongenanipa..
©Taremo Tokari En: Natural sandpaper (yowome) found in Yasuní, near the community of Boanamo..
Waotededo: Cowe omede yowemeñabo Yasuní adi Boanamo nani owoyomo obote..
©Caiga Baihua En: Maweta is the name of the foam that forms when the water in a creek is very low and plant material accumulates around the edges. The photo shows the foam in a swirl that has formed in a ravine next to a salt lick near the community of Boanamo along Cononaco River..
Waotededo: Maweta yekene, ompade epe ada weiyonga yewede goimo awenay wokene impa. Mani aweninta, odomompa tome mawete, wini wini keyomo ompadike, onkamone obote Bameno nani owoyomo Cononaco ononga..
©Caiga Baihua En: The salt licks (onkamone in Wao Tededo) of Boanamo are six kilometers from the community, close to River Cononaco..
Waotededo: Bameno onkamo onkamo ongompa 6 km nani owoyomo ne gong ego cononaco ononga obote..
©Ewene Ima En: The South American common toad (rhinella margaritifera) is hidden on the ground, camouflaged to appear like leaves of the forest near Boanamo..
Waotededo: Aïnga Weke sudamericano (rhinella margaritifera) we womonte ongogampa omede eñepio bai ï oñabo köde Boanamo obote..
©Otobo Baihua En: A harpy eagle is looking for food on the shore of Boanamo community..
Waotededo: Adoke gigamowe kengi ante mimpa Boanamo onoweka..
©Ewene Ima En: An anhinga (anhinga anhinga) sits on the branches of a fallen tree in Cononaco River close to the Waorani community of Boanamo..
Waotededo: Adoke “Epegide” (Anhinga) te contapa yepentoga awe tei gïte owoyoma Cononako ononga waodani owoyomo Boanamo obote..
©Taremo Tokari En: Caiga Baihua of Boanamo shows visitors how the Waorani spend the night in dry places that are safe to sleep when they go on hunting expeditions..
Waotededo: Caiga Baihua odomongampa ébano waodani omede onke goyede wemo bayedenawanga wa iñomo tono nawe iñomo ate gongenanipa monkete ante..
©Caiga Baihua En: In the morning, the sun shines brightly through the clouds above the community of Boanamo..
Waotededo: Bamenke nenke tamoñede öne bogimamo we emoñede nani boanamo owoyomo..
©Luciana Teweyene Ñama En: Orewa, Taremo and Apii paddle in a canoe to go bathing in Cononaco River near Boanamo, as is customary after work..
Waotededo: Odewa, Tademo tono Apii tawenanipa wipode wiyate pantakete ante kowe nani kebai ïnke ome kete tapote Boanamo ononga..
©Dogaka Baihua En: Api, a Waorani child from Boanamo community, is happy to be photographed..
Waotededo: Api, wao wiñenga Bameno owoka tote ingampa tomenga ingante ébano awenenani ante ate..
©Otobo Baihua En: Ongai, a flower that has the shape of a happy face, can be found along the trails near Boanamo..
Waotededo: Ongai. Tote emonte ongonga bai emonte ongo Boanamo tado godo..
©Taremo Tokari En: Waorani children play with their siblings, who are buried in dried leaves to surprise anyone passing by in Boanamo..
Waotededo: Wiñenani okiyenani ongiñenani oñabokade wamonte ompodani inanipa ekame po goyodani bamo wedani tokï ante..
©Dogaka Baihua En: According to Waorani beliefs, it is necessary to collect the fruit of the palm tree used to makes arrows (called nampa in Wao Tededo) to improve respiration..
Waotededo: Waodani ante apenete keweno bai yekene wa impa gaibamo tomemo ente beyaki waponi impa wa og gemankete ante nampa nani ompa winga..
©Luciana Teweyene Ñama En: Otobo and Ciaga Baihua teach their children how to aim while hunting birds using a traditional Waorani blowgun in the community of Boanamo..
Waotededo: Otobo tono Caiga nanowenani inanite odomonapa, ébano kowemä kekï ï, ayamoidi inanite mankadoki ante omenanka, boanamo nani owoyomo..
©Taremo Tokari En: Meñemo sits in a hammock thinking about how to clean her home in Boanamo..
Waotededo: Meñemo ñowode owodinke omepo ñomegimo ante ponewokampa nano kiwiñomo..
©Otobo Baihua En: Oboyenka, or wild coconut, is the fruit of a palm that is collected form the forest near Boanamo to eat..
Waotededo: Obogenka ome omakabo, omakawe tomemo nani ee kenkete ante..
©Otobo Baihua En: The clouds, or bogima in Wao Tededo, at dusk change to brilliant colors that attract attention and give Boanamo community a sense of peace..
Waotededo: Bogimanko, gawadike bayede pemonte bai bamompa, watape kiwingi ante odomompa..
©Luciana Teweyene Ñama En: Children look for a domesticated boa snake (obe) to try and touch it in the Boanamo community..
Waotededo: Wiñenani adanipa bedonga “obe” (boa) ingante, tao kete akete ante nani boanamo owoyomo..
©Luciana Teweyene Ñama En: A boy and a girl leave their home to bathe in Cononaco River..
Waotededo: Wiñena ongiñenga tono okiyenga wodi tadapa boanamo ononga pantakete ante.
©Luciana Teweyene Ñama En: A sloth climbs a vine a few kilometers from Boanamo..
Waotededo: Enkada, omea eikete ante kekampa Boanamo negongue go 2 km iñomo..

Dikaro
©Coba Tocari En: Dawn breaks in Dikaro community at the traditional Waorani house of Orengo Tocari..
Waotededo: Orengo Tocari onko omako, ñaon waeñoga..
©Bogui Coba En: Cuyotowe is a plant considered to be the boss of the jungle cerca de Dikaro since no other plants grow nearby..
Waotededo: Koyotowe aweidi awene impa, tome ongoñomo yekene wa aweidi oyomo pedamai inanipa..
©Wine Omehuai En: A Waorani girl sits behind her school holding a baby cuchucho that her parents brought home after hunting the animal´s mother to provide food for the family in their community of Dikaro..
Waotededo: Wiñemoga okiyega, menkayonta aki onko okobotye ongongatapa koba (cuchucho) tono. Ompokongatapa coba (chuchucho) tono wempoda omede gote entepona nano eni. Mani awiniinta wempoidi amede gote waana ina oninke wiñegi ñeente enteponani ente bendonanipa nonowenani..
©Timpo Omehuai En: Kamemo Baihua is wearing ongeme (bunches of thread made of chambira palm fiber) and dicago (earrings). He is attending a meeting about the wellbeing of his community of Dikaro..
Waotededo: Gamemo baihua ongeme wenemeinga (banda crusado de Chambira) ingampa aye dikago (arete) timonkaiga. Tomenga ongogampa be tente tedeyomo wa kete kiwingimamo beye nani Dikado owoyomo..
©Gawe Enomenga En: Mincaye Orengo in his home Dikaro..
Waotededo: Mincaye Orengo tomenga oko gongente ongogampa..
©Gahue Enomenga En: Andrés Acaro, a lawyer who works for the Waorani nationality, greets Araba Omehuai, chief of Dikaro, at the beginning of a meeting in the community about legal issues related to protection of the community..
Waotededo: Abugado Andrés Acaro,waodani gameno keka toinpote tokampa Dikaro awene Arabe Omehuai inte, teke tedeke nani ña wokeñede Dikaro nani owoyomo. Tededani tapa manomai kete kinwingi ante yeweminko beye waodani inanite we gompote wiwa kekinko de ompokete ante, temonedamay aye iño inkedanimpa ante..
©Fredy Avilez En: The street lights turn on after sunset in Dikaro..
Waotededo: Okado onga pö tika ene wema bayede Dikaro ñaon wokempa..
©Mintoque Orengo En: Boyo Orengo teaches his son Paa how to kill birds with a blowgun and arrow in Dikaro..
Waotededo: Boyo Oregngo odomongampa ébano ayamo öngi ï ante nanowenga Paa ingante omena tono ömpaka..
©Mintoque Orengo En: In Dikaro, Wiña Boyotai makes a clay coil pot; at the end, she places it over the fire to harden the clay..
Waotededo: Wiña Boyotai dai kenge bekampa. Ïnke bete atye gogapamo ne täke kekampa epogame tein ingipa ante..
©Mintoque Orengo En: In Waorani communities such as Dikaro, this kind of pot is used for boiling the seeds of ungurahua palm. Smaller bowls are used to consume chicha (a traditional fermented drink made of mashed cassava root and water) or to prepare poison for arrows used in hunting..
Waotededo: Manomai ï kenge petomo godongi beye impa. Aye weda kengemo yekene, tepe biki beye wi inte nanogenani, öme enonte öngi beye impa..
©Nampa Orengo En: My son Nantowe Orengo, 5, in our home in Dikaro..
Waotededo: Boto wenga Nantowe Orengo 5 bayede okone..
©Nampa Orengo En: Oswaldo Caiga de Gabaro collects cassava root to plant in his farming plot near his community of Dikaro..
Waotededo: Oswaldo Caiga gabaro owoka manei tangampa tomenga gonea gakete ante..
©Fredy Avilez En: Toca Avilez stands with a traditional Waorani blowpipe in the community of Dikaro. Starting when they are ten years old, children learn from their parents how to use the blowpipe for hunting..
Waotededo: Toca Aviles, gongegampa waodani oena neente. Wiñenani tipenpoga wadepo bayede ñawoke eñenanipa, wempoidi bai omenanka ébano kete omede gote öngi ï ante..
©Timpo Omehuai En: Araba Omehuai, chief of Dikaro community, makes a cedar canoe for fishing and traveling down nearby rivers..
Waotededo: Araba Omehuai, nani owoyomo Dikado awene, gone gadewe wipo todempa yeyé gote dadonkete ante anobai epene woga gokete ante..
©Timpo Omehuai En: Getome Omehuai eats leg meat of a woolly monkey (gata en Wao Tededo) for dinner in his home in Dikaro..
Waotededo: Getome Omehuai “gatta” (mono) ononti kengampa tomenga oko, gawadike kengi beye..
©Bogui Coba En: Hahuane Enomenga removes mites (tawogo en Wao Tededo) from her daughter Wengai with the help of her niece Wiña Orengo in a hammock by the fire in her house in Dikaro while food is smoked over the flames (gongapamo en Wao Tededo)..
Waotededo: Hahuane Enomenga tongakampa “tawogo” (isango o Coloradillo) nanowenga wengai ingatante, nano toniñaka wenga Wiña Orengo tono be tente, okone ñöode wai wokente..
©Bogui Coba En: Hahuane Enomenga lights a fire with her children to warm thier house because of the cold rain and strong wind in Dikaro..
Waotededo: Hahuane Enomenga nani wenkabo gonga tanonanipa atokete ante tomenani okone, köne tono oboye pemente woyowote nangi yogi beye..
©Mencai Yeti En: In Dikaro community's school, students in fifth and sixth years study in their classroom..
Waotededo: Dikaro minkayota aki oko, mekayonta adani emempoke tono emempoke adoke wadepo adani akonanipa..
©Wine Omehuai En: At night, the stars shine brightly in Dikaro. In the Waorani culture, the stars explain that it will not rain. The forest is illuminated by the light from the sports court..
Waotededo: Woyowote nemoidi tadanipa. Weodani bai ante ate yekene, koone aponamai ikepa ante nemoidi apenedanipa. Peoibo owempoimaka gongame owo edonke omede weive weno ñaon ene amonipa..
©Bogui Coba En: This vine found near Dikaro looks like the profile of a baby, like an ultrasound of mother nature..
Waotededo: Mani ome ñeka, boto atabopa omede wiñenga bai ï..
©Bogui Coba En: Cuyotowe is a plant considered to be the boss of the jungle cerca de Dikaro since no other plants grow nearby..
Waotededo: Koyotowe aweidi awene impa, tome ongoñomo yekene wa aweidi oyomo pedamai inanipa..
©Togoro Nampahue En: A detail of a butterfly wing (timare in Wao Tededo) in Dikaro..
Waotededo: “Timade” (mariposa) öma impa ante..
©Bogui Coba En: Menitame (this species of flower in Wao Tededo) provides nutrients for hummingbirds that come to feed near Dikaro..
Waotededo: Menitame (omeñeka nangi ongai eña emowo) mingoidi bedote kewe..
©Eugenio Boya En: Alex Biye cries after breaking his arm while playing in the park in Dikaro..
Waotededo: Alex Biye wkampa tomenga onome ak tobemente nani owempokiñomo omkoñede..
©Pegonca Coba En: Owi (greater ani) waits to fly after the morning rain in Dikaro..
Waotededo: Owi (garapatero) wanonkongampa gokete ante baane cöne nano apono ä bepeinga beye..
©Pegonca Coba En: Gapatai (buzzard) drying its wings to fly after the morning rain in Dikaro..
Waotededo: Gapatai (gallinazo) Öma apenkongampa amimente gokete ante baane cöne nano apono ä bepeni beye..
©Mima Omehuai En: Keme, Cope, Enke Avilez rest with full bellies in hammocks after eating lunch in their home in Dikaro. Behind them, there are still some banans sitting in a basket..
Waotededo: Keme, Cope, Enke Avilez tekebeka kengi kente gemananipa ñööde tomenani oko. Aye ongompa peene onoñabepo ino otode..
©Karewa Tocari En: Students return home after school in the community of Dikaro..
Waotededo: Minkayonta adani ïke ate wente okone ponanipa..
©Karewa Tocari En: A rainbow (daime in Wao Tededo) ends in Dikaro community..
Waotededo: Adoke “Daeme” (un arco狭獩
楄慫潲渠湡⁩睯祯浯搠⁥慢慰䔮 湕愠捲物獩⠠慤浩⁥湥圠潡吠摥摥⥯.
©Nemo Caiga En: A bee drinks water from a flower after the rain near the community of Dikaro. People there can observe nature well because they live in the jungle..
Waotededo: Gewañeta epe bedecompa cöne aponte woye weneyede Dikaro nani owoyomo obo. Wodani wa poni ate nangi todanipa tomiñomo omede kewente beye..
©Karewa Tocari En: A rainbow (daime in Wao Tededo) ends in Dikaro community..
Waotededo: Adoke “Daeme” (un arcoíris) Dikaro nani owoyomo pö de bapa.
©Iteca Tega En: This spiny palm, called datamoe in Wao Tededo, is located on the way to the river in Dikaro..
Waotededo: Adoke omawe emompa datamoe, Da nangi monge, taado unonga eno ongo..
©Karina Boya En: Gata (woolly monkey) sits in the house as a pet in Dikaro..
Waotededo: Bedoinga “gata”, okone..
©Karina Boya En: Meñewa Boya fixes his axe to be able to cut trees on his farm near Dikaro..
Waotededo: Meñewa Boya tomenga awenka wa badonkongampa kewene awe gikete ante..
©Timpo Omehuai En: A few women in Dikaro skin a titi monkey (iwa en Wao Tededo) that the men in their families recently hunted..
Waotededo: Pankadania okiyenani enenanipa “Iwa” (mono titi o coto) hongiñenani önte enteponani ate aye..
©Wine Omehuai En: After their game, indoor soccer players drink traditional chicha (a fermented combination of mashed cassava root and water) to refuel as is tradition in the community. Teenagers and adults alike play the championship between teams of community Dicaro and other communities, such as Guiyero and Timpoka. This championship is held every year as from April to August, and the winner receives a monetary prize..
Waotededo: Ïnke ompodinke kei tepe bedanipa peibo owempodani wapo ponenkete ante wadepodani bai, nani owoyomo.Edenenani ompokonanipa gananke nani ompoyomo, dikado owempodani tono wayomo ponani, Guiyero aye Timpoka. Mani ompote ganangi yekene kedanipa, wepo bayo wedepo bayo Abril ñawoke go agosto ganka Ganante engi yekene tokade impa..
©Wine Omehuai En: Children play on the sidelines of the muddy soccer field during a championship game in Dikaro. Soccer is important for the Waorani communities nearby Dikaro to spend time together in friendly competition..
Waotededo: Dikaro Wiñenani owempodanipa eñepoipeno, ñene peibo ompoimanka yewede, ompote ganangi beye nani ompoyede. Eñepoipe nangi ongopa koone aponte veye, inke, wiñenani yekene wedami inanipa eñepoipe naenenani inanipa. Waemo ki impa ompote ganangi wayomo wayomo owodani beye, Dikaro godogame yeña be tente wadete ompokete ante..
Guiyero
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Omamo Irumenga and her son Omaca leave Guiyero to go to the fair of Pompeya..
Waotededo: Omamo nanawenkaya omaca Tono ongonapa gokete ante Nani godonte eñomo Pompeya..
©Guima Irumenga En: Wilmer Enqueri tastes a piece of peccary (wild boar) which he hunted in the jungle near the Guiyero community..
Waotededo: Wilmer enqueri amo baan kente akampa tomenga nano ooni omede nano keweñomo guiyedo..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Omamo Gloria Irumenga uses the rainwater collected in the tank in front of her house in Guiyero to clean bushmeat that her husband brought home..
Waotededo: Omamo ñaa menogakampa ban nanogega omede nano etepo epe koonepe tomenga onko guiyedo..
©Carlos Wakewe Awa En: Water drips from the spout of a rainwater-collection tank behind the school in the community of Guiyero..
Waotededo: Yado yado tapa epe tanque llave moni ñomo conepe angayomo menkayonta adani oko okoboye Guiyero nani owoyomo..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Paomao, a type of palm used to make Panama Hats, is used to build the roof of the entrance to the house where Pablo Ahua, Filomena Enomenga and Amo Enomenga live in Guiyero..
Waotededo: Paomao eteponanipa menokete ante oko giido Pablo Tono filomena anomai amo..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Nampahua Eduardo Ahua talks with his daughter at home in Guiyero..
Waotededo: Nampahue eduardo Ahua tedekampa nanowenga okiyena Tono tomenga onko guiyedo..
©Guima Irumenga En: Peccary (amo in Wao Tededo) is ready to be cooked in the Guiyero community..
Waotededo: Amo enoginke impa doobe Nani keweñomo guiyedo..
©Gayaque Ramón Enqueri En: The canoe driver is calculating where to put the point of the canoe on a bend in Tiptutini River near Guiyero because it is a large canoe measuring 16 meters in length..
Waotededo: Nee gopoka eñegampa ebano wodogimo ante tiputini epe kinante wipo ñene I bee tipempoga go emempoke adoke..
©Gayaque Ramón Enqueri En: A squirrel monkey sits on a tree above the Tiputini River to sun itself after a rainy morning near Dikaro community..
Waotededo: Adokanke gekide ongogampa aweneme eibe tiputini epe nenki nawañomo baneke koone aapo wediga inte..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Omamo Irumenga and her son Omaca leave their house in Guiyero to go to the fair of Pompeya..
Waotededo: Omamo Tono omaca nanawenkaya tadapa guiyedo Nani godonte eñomo Pompeya gokete ante..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Omamo Irumenga and her son Omaca leave Guiyero to go to the fair of Pompeya..
Waotededo: Omamo nanawenkaya omaca Tono ongonapa gokete ante Nani godonte eñomo Pompeya..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Mencamo Ahua looks up before climbing the stairs of her uncle's house in Guiyero..
Waotededo: Mencamo Ahua eikampa tiwaimpa nanowaane onko guiyedo..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Pablo Ahua sits in front of his house with his motorcyle and rainwater- collection tank in the Waorani community of Guiyero..
Waotededo: Pablo Ahua te kontate ongogampa tomenga moto ongoñomo epe ongoñomo anomai nano kiwiñomo guiyedo..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Humberto Wampi Ahua, a leader in the Guiyero community, works on the construction of a staircase on the bank of Tiputini River near the community while other families are fishing..
Waotededo: Wampi Humberto Ahua guiyedo awene kekogampa tiwakete ante tiputini epe iyomo nano keweñomo yeye dadoñonanite..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Patricia Ahua carries three of her children from the bank of the Tiputini River to the community of Guiyero after fishing for her family..
Waotededo: Patricia Ahua mogegampa meago adoke nanowenani inanite tiputini epewedeka nano keweñomo guiyedo yeye dedogatapa tomenani bee..
©Kaguime Ramon Ahua En: In Guiyero community, students watch as their teacher Luis Lara reviews their final grades of the school year..
Waotededo: Guiyero nani owyomo, oyomo minkayonta adani adanipa ébano tomenani inanite odomonga aka ante emewo yewemonte apeneta de wadepo ba beye..
©Carlos Wakewe Awa En: In the school library in Guiyero, Juan Carlos Armijos, coordinador of training and communication for Yasuní Research Station, teaches a language lesson to a few of the school's students during their summer vacation..
Waotededo: Minkayonta cononte eingi Guiyero kiñomo, Juancarlos Armijos técnico capacitación beye tono estación Cientifica Yasuí, apeniki beye inga, odomonganpa wiñenani inanite tedete iñengino gameno menkayonta adani gemañede..
©Carlos Wakewe Awa En: In the school library in Guiyero, Juan Carlos Armijos, coordinador of training and communication for Yasuní Research Station, teaches a language lesson to a few of the school's students during their summer vacation..
Waotededo: Minkayonta cononte eingi Guiyero kiñomo, Juancarlos Armijos técnico capacitación beye tono estación Cientifica Yasuí, apeniki beye inga, odomonganpa wiñenani inanite tedete iñengino gameno menkayonta adani gemañede..
©Kaguime Ramon Ahua En: In Guiyero community, students watch as their teacher Luis Lara reviews their final grades of the school year..
Waotededo: Guiyero nani owyomo, oyomo minkayonta adani adanipa ébano tomenani inanite odomonga aka ante emewo yewemonte apeneta de wadepo ba beye..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Omamo Irumenga and her son Omaca leave their house in Guiyero to go to the fair of Pompeya..
Waotededo: Omamo Tono omaca nanawenkaya tadapa guiyedo Nani godonte eñomo Pompeya gokete ante..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Patricia Ahua carries three of her children from the bank of the Tiputini River to the community of Guiyero after fishing for her family..
Waotededo: Patricia Ahua mogegampa meago adoke nanowenani inanite tiputini epewedeka nano keweñomo guiyedo yeye dedogatapa tomenani bee..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Pablo Ahua sits in front of his house with his motorcyle and rainwater- collection tank in the Waorani community of Guiyero..
Waotededo: Pablo Ahua te kontate ongogampa tomenga moto ongoñomo epe ongoñomo anomai nano kiwiñomo guiyedo..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Mencamo Ahua looks up before climbing the stairs of her uncle's house in Guiyero..
Waotededo: Mencamo Ahua eikampa tiwaimpa nanowaane onko guiyedo..
©Gayaque Ramón Enqueri En: The canoe driver is calculating where to put the point of the canoe on a bend in Tiptutini River near Guiyero because it is a large canoe measuring 16 meters in length..
Waotededo: Nee gopoka eñegampa ebano wodogimo ante tiputini epe kinante wipo ñene I bee tipempoga go emempoke adoke..
©Gayaque Ramón Enqueri En: A squirrel monkey sits on a tree above the Tiputini River to sun itself after a rainy morning near Dikaro community..
Waotededo: Adokanke gekide ongogampa aweneme eibe tiputini epe nenki nawañomo baneke koone aapo wediga inte..
©Guima Irumenga En: Peccary (amo in Wao Tededo) is ready to be cooked in the Guiyero community..
Waotededo: Amo enoginke impa doobe Nani keweñomo guiyedo..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Humberto Wampi Ahua, a leader in the Guiyero community, works on the construction of a staircase on the bank of Tiputini River near the community while other families are fishing..
Waotededo: Wampi Humberto Ahua guiyedo awene kekogampa tiwakete ante tiputini epe iyomo nano keweñomo yeye dadoñonanite..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Paomao, a type of palm used to make Panama Hats, is used to build the roof of the entrance to the house where Pablo Ahua, Filomena Enomenga and Amo Enomenga live in Guiyero..
Waotededo: Paomao eteponanipa menokete ante oko giido Pablo Tono filomena anomai amo..
©Victor Winary Irumenga En: Nampahua Eduardo Ahua talks with his daughter at home in Guiyero..
Waotededo: Nampahue eduardo Ahua tedekampa nanowenga okiyena Tono tomenga onko guiyedo..
©Carlos Wakewe Awa En: Water drips from the spout of a rainwater-collection tank behind the school in the community of Guiyero..
Waotededo: Yado yado tapa epe tanque llave moni ñomo conepe angayomo menkayonta adani oko okoboye Guiyero nani owoyomo..
Ganketapare
©Nonge Jorge Ahua En: Bolivar Ahua of Timpoka community counts seedlings that are ready for planting in the Waorani communities around the oil station. Bolivar works for Ecuambiente, a company hired by the oil company to complete environmental conservation projects..
Waotededo: Volibar Ahua Timpoka owoka epodo ganka awe döbe minginke ï ante acampa waodani owoyomo companea ongoñomo okoboye. Empresa Ecuambiente beye Volibar ome kekampa, Repsol contrata keka ponte ke weka..
©Nonge Jorge Ahua En: In the tree nursery behind the oil station, some ungurahua palm plants are ready to be sowed in the earth. This is a reforestation project organized by the Waorani communities and Ecuambiente company, which is hired by the oil company to complete environmental conservation projects..
Waotededo: Aweidi pepogayomo kenkade companea ongoñomo yabepo iñomo, pentoweidi nani wodani owoyomo tomañomo mao miginke inani ongonanipa, mani proyecto yekene Ecuambiente kï tono Timpokadani kï impa, empresa Ecuambiente inte empresa Repsol contrata keka ponte kepa aweidi nënte kiwigi Proyecto gameno..
©Mencay Daniela Ahua En: Yedo Caiga cuts firewood while her grandchildren arrive behind her on their farm near her home in Ganketapare..
Waotededo: Yedo caiga enampa tenewe aye okoboye ino ponanipa nano keweño gamketapade.
©Game Rocio Ahua En: Yedo Ciaga collects wild cacao seed pods near her home in Ganketapare..
Waotededo: Yedo caiga enampa cacao tomena okoboye gamketapade..
©Game Rocio Ahua En: Yedo Caiga and her grandson Memo Ahua stop in front of the traditional Waorani house that his son Nonge Ahua built using natural resources around their community of Ganketapare..
Waotededo: Yedo Tono nanomomoka oko yewede nanowenga nano menoni Nongue tomenga keweñomo gamketapade..
©Yeti Byron Ahua En: Nambai Ahua wears a traditional Waorani crown as he walks behind the shops at the fair in Pompeya, where people from the communities of Guiyero, Ganketapare, Timpoka and Dikaro come every Saturday to buy clothes, food, beer, and things for their homes..
Waotededo: Nambai Ahua okabogata enkakampa nani godonte eñomo pompeya nani tomanani bee teñomo Guiyero,gamketapade,timpoka,anomai dikado wenanipa kowema kegi,weko,tiname kigame kigame godonte enkete ante..
©Yeti Byron Ahua En: Memo Ahua (right) and his sister Omamo stand in the light of a truck on the road in front of his house in Ganketapare..
Waotededo: Memo Ahua dipemegameno nanotoniada omamo ongonapa awoto taado tekegene nano keweñomo gamketapade..
©Ñehua Moises Ahua En: Ramon Kaguime Ahua (in blue) plays for the team of Ecuambiente company employees, who are paid by Repsol, in a soccer match against a team of employees in the NPF Repsol station within Block 16 of Yasuní National Park..
Waotededo: Kaguime Ramon Ahua wiñade eñaka owempokampa Ecuambiente bee ome tomiñomo kedani Tono npf kompanea bloque tipempoga emempoke adoke oigaidi Tono aweidi keweñomo wemape gameno..
©Ñehua Moises Ahua En: Mencay Irumenga holds her sleeping daughter while traveling between communities Guiyero, Ganketapare and Timpoka on the community bus operated by the oil company Repsol..
Waotededo: Mencay irumenga pe maga mogampa nanowenga ingante awotobode godanipa guiyedo,gamketapade,anomai,timpoka..
©Yeti Byron Ahua En: Daniela Cuupe Ahua reviews her final grade during the celebration of the end of the school year in the community Guiyero..
Waotededo: Daniela Cuupe Ahua acompa ébano ï tomenga ki emewo yewemonte apeneta nani inke a beye keyede Guiyero nani owoyomo..
©Yeti Byron Ahua En: Renata Bove Alvarado puts on white gloves for the Pledge of Allegiance ceremony at the close of the school year in the Waorani community of Guiyero..
Waotededo: Renata Vove Alvarado omopota wempokampa bandera bemonkete ante nani inke a beye keyede Guiyero nani owoyomo..
©Nonge Jorge Ahua En: A variable poison frog (Ranitomeya variabilis) hides among the plants on the ground near the tree nursery..
Waotededo: Yasuní weke öme emokaka wado inga (Ranitomeya variabilis) eñepoiya we womo te contacampa..
©Nonge Jorge Ahua En: In the community of Guiyero, Ero Boyotai, Carolina Ahua, Clara and Mencay Irumenga present a traditional Waorani song dance and dance in their customary dress..
Waotededo: Guiyero nani owoyomo, Ero Boyotai, Carolina Ahua, Clara Ahua tono Mencay Irumenga dodani bai awate omotamini ananipa dodani bay weota weñate..
©Nonge Jorge Ahua En: A Waorani woman carries bananas from a farm near the Maxus Road to cook for her relatives in their home in the community of Guiyero..
Waotededo: Adoke okiye penenta entegopa tome kinkade maxus awoto tädo, enokete ante tome gidinga oko, guiyero nani owoyomo..
©Nonge Jorge Ahua En: The ungurahua palm (oenocarpus bataua) grows tall in the rainforest of Yasuní near the community of Ganketapare..
Waotededo: Petowe (oenocarpus bataua) eibe poni pepa yasiní omede Ganketapare..
©Nonge Jorge Ahua En: Mayuri Ahua eats catfish for her birthday in the Waorani community Guiyero..
Waotededo: Mayra Ahua omade kengampa tomenga eñadi wadepa ba beyenke nani owoyomo, Guiyero..
©Nonge Jorge Ahua En: German Ahua lights a candle for the birthday cake of his daughter, Mayuri, in the Waorani community Guiyero..
Waotededo: German tica wodonokampa pastel vela nanowenga Majuri eñadiñene ba beye, waodani owoyomo Guiyero..
©Nonge Jorge Ahua En: A beetle is hiding under a mushroom in the forest of Yasuní near Ganketapare..
Waotededo: Adoke Tebo nanta inte we womompa Yasuní omede..
Timpoca
©Bolivar Ahua En: Amo Enomenga brings kadaba leaves to make the roof of the entrance to his house in Guiyero..
Waotededo: Amo enmenga entepogampa kadaba menonkete ante tomenga onko mee gimoninke guiyedo..
©Bolivar Ahua En: A morpho butterfly sits on a plant in the rainforest near Timpoka..
Waotededo: Adoke nemonkatay te kontate ongompa omede awaa..
©Joel Enqueri Nequimo En: Clouds change color in the sunset near the Timpoka community..
Waotededo: Oone wado wado bapa gawadike iyomo Nani keweñomo timpoka..
©Joel Enqueri Nequimo En: A dead piranha fish lays on the surface of Tiputini River near Timpoka..
Waotededo: Adoke gade wei owopa tiputini epe..
©Joel Enqueri Nequimo En: Silver Angel Baihua and Soledad Baihua paddle a traditional canoe made of wood down Tiputini River near the Timpoka community..
Waotededo: Silver angel baihua Tono Soledad gopodapa wipo tiputini epe iyomo nano kiwiñomo timpoka..
©Joel Enqueri Nequimo En: A type of sweat bee licks the skin of a Waoran woman's finger in the community of Timpoka..
Waotededo: Adoke gawaita oweme beapa waomo emotaia waoka onopogonga..