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Indigenous Handcraft House

Viamão, Brazil

Location: Viamão, Brazil

Category: meeting place

Phase: in use

Updated: 27 May 2025

The Indigenous Handcraft House is a place of hope. The union between indigenous and non - indigenous people made it possible to build a space dedicated to manufacturing and selling traditional handicrafts, meetings and educational activities. A space created to value the indigenous culture through the perpetuation of their way of life. It’s an important step towards the financial autonomy of the community’s residents, ensuring their well - being.

Project leader: Bruna Brilmann

What is still needed to proceed?

Finance Still 100% of € 8,750

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Introduction

As the community already receives many visitors for healing ceremonies and schools for visitation, the space will be an important catalyst for sales, which will bring more autonomy to residents, who have great difficulty in having access to abundant food. This community is probably one of the strongest in the south of Brazil in terms of heritage preservation and spiritual practices.

The project was conceived from the partnership between the NGO Housing and Citizenship, Sabiá Sustainable Constructions and the community itself, in a participatory project from start to finish.

Community and core members in front of the praying house celebrating the start of the project

Impact

The main goal of this project is to generate autonomy for the community. We know that government assistance is limited and can generate stagnation. For this reason, Sabiá and Housing and Citizenship supported this project, that will generate, in the medium and long term, the self-sufficiency this indigeneous community.

The Handicraft House will not only be a space for commercialization, but also for meetings, fairs, conversation circles, handicraft classes for the youngest... In short, a space for cultural preservation open to many activities that will generate vigor and self-confidence for the community members.

The community where the building is located is already well articulated, and receives more than 300 students from public and private non-indigenous schools annually to experience a cultural immersion. These moments are important for the commercialization of handicrafts, but without an adequate space, it was difficult. In addition, the community is known for its potent healing rituals, and they welcome people from all over Latin America. In addition to being a Handicraft Center, the space has a mezzanine specifically designed to accommodate visitors, who until then had to precariously accommodate themselves in tents.

Many men in the community undergo very hard manual labor on rural properties throughout the state to be able to support their families, staying away from home for many months. The project will provide the opportunity for these men to stay in the community and focus on their skills as artisans.

Core team

The project was developed over several meetings, until they reached a result that considered all members’ opinions. With the financial resource in hands, Sabiá was also hired to manage the construction process. The money came from several donor organizations, such as Sindibancários and FENAE. Other partners also include the builder Daniel and team, who built much of the building; the biobuilder Jaime who supplied sustainable wood for the construction; Aya Bioconstruction, a collective formed by two bioconstruction women that assisted in the execution of the earth walls.

The earth walls and the sanitary system were built collectively by more than 200 volunteers, in moments of integration between indigenous and non-indigenous people.

Friends, community and supporters during the Handcraft House’s inauguration ceremony

Image gallery

Sabiá Sustainable Constructions team with the chief of the community and his wife image: public domain

Community’s chief giving a speach to guests and supporters during the House’s inauguration day

Design presentation for the community leaders and supporters image: public domain

Stepping in the mud

Handcraft being sold in one of the encounters to build the mud walls

Ecological sewage treatment being build

Unveiling of the plaque with supporters

Handcraft House under construction

Traditional handcrafts

Technical drawings

mezzanine

Help bring our project to life!

Finance: Still 100% of € 8,750

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Help bring our project to life!

Finance: Still 100% of € 8,750

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Where are we now

Fortunately we managed to finish most of the construction of the Handicraft Center. The building is ready to be occupied and the community is already using it. At this moment, our need is on three fronts:

(1) Completion of small details of the construction such as: purchase of refrigerator and stove, construction of shelves to display handicrafts and improvement of vegetation on the green roof;

(2) Promotion of events at the Handicraft Center, such as fairs, meetings of indigenous artisans, handicraft workshops, etc, including bringing relatives from other communities to experience the space;

(3) Planting of raw materials for the making of handicrafts in the community.

An indication of our team’s capacity:

80% funding already raised

80% expertise already found

90% materials / equipment already found

90% builders already found

Finance: € 8,750

Construção de mobiliário interno 4,000

Purchase of seeds for raw materials 800

Creation and coordination of events 1,500

Coordenação da finalização da construção 800

Installation of thermal insulation 1,000

Purchase of refrigerator and oven 650

Help bring our project to life!

Finance: Still 100% of € 8,750

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