Solar power to the people: how the sun is bringing light – and TV – to Amazon villages
Their fuel resources have long been plundered by others, while national grids have failed to connect them. Now, solar panels could give more than electricity to Indigenous people
At dusk, Piyulaga village starts to wake up. Families gather at the entrances of their huts, children play and cycle around, and Brazilian country music fills the air as lights flicker on in the small settlement in the Xingu Indigenous territory of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Some residents watch TV while others relax in hammocks with their phones, illuminated by spotlights in the communal area.
It would be trivial but for one detail: lights have only been available for a few weeks, thanks to the installation of new solar panels on each home.
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