This Saturday, the tribe gathered to celebrate our Animal Day. Whisper began the event by blessing the Tapi animals — Tasa and Nevuno for being our faithful companions — and even the goats and Zazulu received their share of jungle blessings.

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Then Whisper went around and blessed every creature our people had brought. There were snakes, ferrets, rats, scorpions, dogs, cats — so many cats! — as well as toucans, parrots, frogs, monkeys, and horses.

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Afterwards, Summer, who had decorated the camp beautifully for the occasion, invited Catten to tell the story of Curupira, the guardian of the jungle. As the tale ended, Shui played the drums and soon everyone was dancing and drinking.

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You can read the Amazon Sun article about the event here: https://amazonriversun.blogspot.com/2025/10/treats-and-petting-not-enough-tapirape.html