Agência Brasil

Brasília - Today (19), which is Indian Day in Brazil, the secretary of Identify and Cultural Diversity (SID), Sérgio Maberti, is handing the minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, a report prepared by the Indian Work Group (GTI) on priority actions to valorize indigenous cultures.

This initiative is part of Indigenous Culture Week, which began Monday (17) and ends tomorrow (20) in the Ministry of Culture.

The GTI was created on April 19, 2005, to debate and propose government policies related to indigenous cultures. The effort is intended to contribute to the recognition of the diversity, particularities, and the cultural worth of indigenous traits.

The final outcome desired by the GTI is to stimulate reflection on Brazilian diversity and foster the building of self-esteem, ethics, and the valorization of the cultural formation of social groups with their own organizational characteristics, thus contributing to citizenship and cultural rights.

Translation: David Silberstein