Denmark’s National Museum is returning an iconic cloak which belongs to an indigenous group in Brazil at a ceremony being attended by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil.
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| The cloak is made of 4,000 feathers from the scarlet ibis bird. Photo: Roberto Fortuna, the National Museum of Denmark via bbc.com |
The 1.8m-long cloak is made of 4,000 red feathers from the scarlet ibis bird.
Known to be sacred by the indigenous Tupinambá people, the cloak was taken from Brazil during the colonial era of the Portuguese and has been on display in the city of Copenhagen since 1689.
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| Dancers excited as they wait to see the cloak from Denmark. Photo: AFP via bbc.com |
The government of Brazil has been making efforts to recover artefacts taken during the colonial era from around the world.
