Luciano Huck criticised over request to 'clean up' Indigenous cultureCEFR A1
20 Dec 2025
Adapted from Global Voices Brazil, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by gustavo nacht, Unsplash
- Luciano Huck filmed a show in an Indigenous park in August.
- He recorded a program with local people and visitors.
- A behind-the-scenes video was posted on Instagram later.
- The clip shows people taking photos and using phones.
- Huck shouted "Cell phone!" and asked people to move.
- He told some people to "clean up your culture".
- An Indigenous man translated the message to his group.
- Indigenous organisations said phones are a right and fine.
Difficult words
- indigenous — From the first people of a place
- film — To make a movie or videofilmed
- behind-the-scenes — Actions done out of public view
- shout — To speak loudly with a strong voiceshouted
- translate — To change words into another languagetranslated
- organisation — A group of people with a shared purposeorganisations
- phone — A tool to call or send messagesphones
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Discussion questions
- Do you use a phone when you visit parks?
- Do you take photos when you visit new places?
- Would you move if someone asked you to move during filming?
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