The Tribe (Monica's Gang)

"The Tribe" ("Papa Capim" in original Portuguese)
Author(s) Mauricio de Sousa
Current status / schedule Running.
Launch date 1963
Genre(s) Humor comics, Jungle (genre) comics

The Tribe ("Papa Capim") is a Brazilian comic strip, part of the Monica's Gang series. It centers around a tribe of indigenous people from the Amazon[1] (although it is never specified which). Their tribe was once named "Tribo do Rio" (River's Tribe). Although the only characters are Tom-Tom (the main character), Tamoyo, Papaya and the Pajé, their stories feature a large range of themes, going from environmental concerns to the shock between indigenous and non-indigenous cultures. People from outside the jungle are called "Caras-pálidas" (White-faced or paleface, due to their white skin, in contrast to the usual dark skin of indigenous peoples from the Amazon) or simply "Caraíbas". When one of the Caraíbas approaches Tom-Tom's tribe, the encounter can be either friendly or unfriendly, the latter always happening when the Caraíba attempts to hunt, deforest, burn, or in any other way harm the environment.[2] Tupã, the God of the Guarani people, and Jaci, the Moon, are occasionally mentioned.

Characters

References

  1. "Turma do Mauricio". Superinteressante (in Portuguese). Editora Abril. February 2004. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. de Sousa, Mauricio (April 1998). "Protetores da Floresta". Almanacão Turma da Mônica (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Editora Globo. pp. 160–163.
  3. Mauricio de Sousa (November 2015). Mauricio 80 (in Portuguese) (1 ed.). São Paulo: Panini Comics. p. 46.

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