For your posters and your voice
SUGGESTED WORDS FOR POSTERS
Yes, they can be hand-made using marker pens or ink on ordinary cardboard!
If you don't have the time or the talent (not that you would need much) and want to simply print at your local copy shop, will find a few pieces on jpg and pdf format below.
Suggested chants can be found further below on this page.
STOP BELO MONsTEr
STOP THE DAM
BELO MONTE = DISASTER
BELO MONTE = CATASTROPHE
BELO MONTE = GENOCIDE
SHAME
BELO MONTE SHAME
THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT HAS BLOOD ON ITS HANDS
KEEP XINGU ALIVE FORESTS = ANIMALS = LIFE
IT'S NOT ABOUT ENERGY, IT'S ABOUT THE $$
THE WORLD IS WATCHING!!!
POSTERS: READY TO BE PRINTED
SAVE XINGU
http://veddas.org.br/forestsfiles/savexingu.jpg
BELO MONsTEr = GENOCIDE
http://veddas.org.br/forestsfiles/belomonstergenocide.jpg
SAVE THE FORESTS
http://veddas.org.br/forestsfiles/savetheforests.jpg
FORESTS = ANIMALS = LIFE - STOP BELO MONTE NOW!
http://veddas.org.br/forestsfiles/longbanner.jpg
SUGGESTED CHANTS – USE YOUR VOICE!
Repeat each chant a few times (keep the energy up!). Intercalate with facts about the issue.
Find facts here: http://veddas.org.br/forests/129-leaflets.html
"Call" is what the person with the bullhorn (or main speaker) will say. "Answer" is the response delivered by the crowd.
View and listen to what the chants below sound like by watching this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfFr489DQzM
If you want to thing bigger, here is what we have been doing in Sao Paulo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9rFNsjPq3w&NR=1
Call: Polluting the air, polluting the water
Answer: Profiting of the indigenous slaughter
Call: Flooding a forest, are you insane?
Answer: The world is watching and you will pay
Call: There is no compensation
Answer: For deforestation
Call: You must, you must, you must understand
Answer: The blood, the blood, the blood is on your hands
Call: The Brazilian government has blood on its hands
Answer: The Brazilian government has blood on its hands
All together: SHAME, SHAME, SHAME, SHAME, SHAME ...
Find complete resources at http://veddas.org.br/forests
