Land-Without-Evil

…trek, in search of the Land-Without-Evil, which was believed to be somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. In 1910, another Apapocuva group attempted to reach the Land-Without-Evil by dancing feverishly for days, in the hope of becoming light enough to fly over the Atlantic Ocean. The present wide dispersal of Apapocuva…

…a distant paradise called the Land Without Evils. Probably the messianic tradition of the Guaraní dates from before the coming of the whites, but it seems to have undergone great expansion since then.

…pilgrimages, seeking to find the Land Without Evil. The very existence of the Land Without Evil offered the Guaraní hope, security, and courage in the face of the hunger, sickness, and death that followed the Spanish conquest. As these eschatological groups succumbed to failure, they concluded that, on their paths…