The video shows indigenous people from the Panoan linguistic group making contact with the Ashaninka native people of northern Brazil along the banks of the Envira River, near the Peruvian border.
In one scene, an ethnic Ashaninka gives bananas to two loincloth-clad people who appear wary of approaching, quickly grabbing the fruit and then retreating out of arm's reach.
Brazilian experts said the indigenous people likely crossed the border from Peru facing pressure from illegal logging and drug trafficking at home.
The people, identified as members of a group known as the Rio Xinane, at first emerged only briefly and then returned to the forest, said Carlos Travassos, an official from Brazil's National Indian Foundation.
“They were whistling and making animal sounds,” he said.
The Foundation filmed an encounter on June 30, after being alerted to the initial encounter several days before.
News portal G1 later posted the video online.
Two Panoan indigenous interpreters were called in to speak with them on their next visit.
“They speak our language,” interpreter Jaminawa Jose Correia said.
“I was so happy we could talk to each other.”
He said the group had come in search of weapons and allies.
The Brazilian Amazon has the largest number of uncontacted tribes in the world at an estimated 77.
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