{"id":6028757,"date":"2026-07-08T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-07-08T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:00:00","slug":"germany-boe-bororo-indigenous-people-on-a-pilgrimage-in-the-footsteps-of-the-salesian-missionaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infoans.news\/en\/germany-boe-bororo-indigenous-people-on-a-pilgrimage-in-the-footsteps-of-the-salesian-missionaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany \u2013 Boe-Bororo indigenous people on a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the Salesian missionaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

(ANS – Campo Grande) –<\/strong> The Salesian Province of Germany, based in Munich, has invited five young people and adults from the Boe-Bororo people, from Mato Grosso in Brazil, on a pilgrimage through Germany. Since Sunday, 5 July, the group has been visiting the towns and places that marked the journey of their missionaries, in particular the Servant of God Fr Rodolfo Lunkenbein. The delegation comprises Mizael de Melo Tudugaregue Etoguiu, Lauro Lopes Leandro Pariko Ekureu, Elitanea Leandro Araru Ekureudo, Kemelly Xavier da Silva Boro Kuodago and Marina Tawie, and is accompanied by the Salesians Vinicius Neto Martins, Fr Javael Bokodori Ekureu – himself a Boe-Bororo – and Fr João Bosco Monteiro Maciel, Provincial Secretary of the Mato Grosso Province.<\/p>\n

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Leading the group on German soil is Fr Johannes Kaufmann, who was in Meruri at the start of the year. As Fr João Bosco stated, the indigenous people have come to learn about the missionaries’ homeland. He summarises the purpose of the trip as follows: “We were invited to come here to Germany to learn, first and foremost, about the towns and places where Fr Rodolfo once lived”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Circus and pedagogy characterise the stop in Bamberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

The journey began in Bamberg, a city that escaped the bombings of the Second World War. There, the group visited the Cathedral and was received by Archbishop Herwig Gössl. The delegation also visited the Don Bosco Centre, an institution that uses the circus as an educational tool for young people at risk. Fr João Bosco described the method as follows: “It’s the circus system: there are large big tops and circus activities take place; the young people learn and build their self-esteem. It’s a wonderful thing”<\/em>. During a juggling and balancing act performed by the German group, the young Bororo people in turn sang songs of their own ethnic group and distributed crosses and pens featuring motifs from the culture of this indigenous Brazilian people.<\/p>\n

The pilgrimage retraces the origins of the Servant of God Rodolfo Lunkenbein<\/strong><\/p>\n

The delegation then travelled to Dürnstadt, the birthplace of Fr Rodolfo Lunkenbein, where they visited the house in which the Servant of God grew up, the church of his childhood and the cemetery where his parents are buried. Fr João Bosco recalled the missionary’s childhood and his mother’s strength during the war, saying: “Fr Rodolfo spent his early childhood during the hard times of the Second World War, when it was his mother who supported and kept the family going”<\/em>. The group also visited Buxheim, where Lunkenbein attended the aspirantate and secondary school, and Benediktbeuern, which remains a centre for Salesian philosophical and theological formation.<\/p>\n

The journey recalls previous visits and pays tribute to the martyrs<\/strong><\/p>\n

This current journey marks the third visit by a Bororo group to Europe: the first two took place in 1898 and between the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the indigenous people met anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss in Paris.<\/p>\n

Fr João Bosco linked the current journey to this continuity, stating: “and now it is our group’s turn to come and follow, or retrace, the footsteps of Father Rodolfo”<\/em>. The programme also includes a visit to the Dachau concentration camp and, on the 12th, the presentation of a biography of Fr Rodolfo and Simão Bororo, written by Fr Joseph Grunner and due to be translated into Portuguese.<\/p>\n

The exchange continues with the arrival of a German group in Brazil<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pilgrimage concludes in Munich, with visits to the Salesian Provincial Centre and the city’s monuments. The German Province has funded the Brazilians’ entire stay. The end of the journey paves the way for a return trip, and Fr João Bosco explained what the return to Brazil will be like: “On our return, we will be travelling together with a delegation of 14 people from Germany, including Salesians, the German Provincial, young people and relatives of Fr Rodolfo”<\/em>. This group will accompany the Bororo people as far as Meruri, Campo Grande and Cuiabá, where they will visit the Salesian communities.<\/p>\n

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