HDR - Aiuruoca - Minas Gerais.

Last holiday i traveled to this little city called Aiuruoca. My grandma and my aunt lives there, with my cousins and uncle. They live in a very poor house, if we are going to compare with the ones we are used to in a big city, but they have everything they need to have a good life.

What impresses me the most is the way they see the world.

This bell in the picture is a “Peace bell”, built in of recycled arm bullets used in conflicts around the world, such as Vietnam War, First and Second War, conflicts here in Brazil, and in Middle East.

My aunt and my uncle built it, and it’s a symbol of a anti-war movement, and it makes me really proud to know that they are my family. And they still believe in a world without war and hate, and unnecessary death. 

I came back from this trip a completely changed person, and they gave me strength to keep on going.