YOUNG YAWALAPITI INDIANS JUMP INTO TUATUARI RIVER NEAR VILLAGE IN LOWER AMAZON, 2002-05-11 (photo)

Yawalapiti indian boys jump entertain themselves with a break from fishing by jumping into the Tuatuari river, near their village in the Alto Xingu area, in the lower Amazon, on May 11, 2002. Each day the boys and young adults take to the rivers of the Xingu's massive reserve, fishing for a variety of species including catfish, tucunare and piranha. The Yawalipiti are one of 17 tribes living inside the Xingu Indigenous Park, a reserve created in 1961 roughly the size of Belgium, to protect the indians. The tribe is now 180 strong after being on the border of extinction some 50 years ago, when it dwindled as low as just 12 members. REUTERS/Gregg Newton FOR RELEASE WITH FEATURE BRAZIL-INDIAN GN/SV