Peixe-Boi Manati
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The spoken words in Portuguese from Brazil, sounding different but feeling the same, offer us the joy of existing in a plural and multi-layered world. A human voice giving voice to the non-human manatee or, as it is called locally, peixe-boi or manati or goaragoá.
Manatee / I want to swim with you / In our environment / In the territory of the Potiguara / Don't ever run away / From this mangrove Manatee / I want to coexist with you / ... Oh Goaragoá manati
Poem by José Romildo Araújo da Silva Potiguara. Text & Curation by Cristina Brito. Cover by Catarina Garcia.
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