Brazil: Living The Longest – Indigenous Brazilian Celebrates 121st Birthday

Brazil: Living The Longest – Indigenous Brazilian Celebrates 121st Birthday   Survival International has located a Brazilian Indian, believed to be the oldest living person in the world, as she prepares to celebrate her 121st birthday.   Maria Lucimar Pereira is one of the Kaxinawá tribe, and lives in the western Brazilian Amazon. She says she will spend her birthday, on September 3rd, with her family.   Maria has never lived in a city and puts her longevity of life down to a healthy...

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