21 May 2006
At the end of the rainbow...
Photo time at the GFRS
© Greenpeace/ Amendolia
There are a lot of people at the Global Forest Rescue Station today. A full clan is camping here. Over the many new fires, hang big pots of manioca and bananas, boiling in coconut milk. Crumpets fry in the oil. Women cook, children run and play and yell.
It is a party for us to say goodbye and thank each other. There will be food for everybody, music, singing, speeches, goodbyes and the promise of new projects.
I look at people as they arrive. Beyond the shore, I see new canoes gliding across the lake, and hear people yelling greetings. It’s pure joy. Oscillating on the surface of the water, they carry baskets and new pots.
A subtle rain crosses the sunbeams, almost at sunset, and an incredible rainbow appears over the lake, ending just above the canoes. I tell an old European legend to Kafuri, a friend from the Catfish clan. Our ancestors say that at the end of the rainbow, there is always a hidden treasure.
Our treasure is here, on the lake.
-- Sergio
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