Editing Valley of the Dawn (section)

==Doctrine==
The Vale do Amanhecer practices a [[Syncretism|syncretic religion]] which incorporates various elements of [[Christianity]], [[Kardecist spiritism|Spiritism]], [[Umbanda]], [[UFO religion|religious beliefs in UFOs]] and [[Western esotericism|esoteric]] beliefs.<ref name="Hayes 2021"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-05-03 |title=The Vale do Amanhecer religious community in Brazil – in pictures |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2019/may/03/the-vale-do-amanhecer-religious-community-in-brazil-in-pictures |access-date=2025-06-04 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Alan |title=Photos: The Worshippers of the Valley of the Dawn - The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/05/photos-worshipers-valley-of-the-dawn/588475/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=www.theatlantic.com |language=en}}</ref>

Two kinds of people attend to Vale Do Amanhecer: Mediums and Visitants (also called patients). 
The mediums are basically divided into two basic groups in The Dawn Valley: Aparás and Doctriners.
Between three and four thousand people visit Vale Do Amanhecer every day seeking help for their spiritual or personal problems.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}

The Mediums wear special robes with bright colours. Most of the mediums are considered the reincarnation of an extraterrestrial giant people, "the Equitumans" (also known as Jaguars),<ref name="Hayes 2020">{{cite news |last1=Hayes |first1=Kelly E. |title=Brazilian mystics say they're sent by aliens to 'jump-start human evolution' – but their vision for a more just society is not totally crazy|url=https://theconversation.com/brazilian-mystics-say-theyre-sent-by-aliens-to-jump-start-human-evolution-but-their-vision-for-a-more-just-society-is-not-totally-crazy-132730 |access-date=14 November 2021 |work=The Conversation |date=29 April 2020}}</ref> who supposedly landed on the Earth 32,000 years ago, and later returned in successive reincarnations in civilizations like the Hittites, the Ionians, the Dorians, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Mayans etc. The Equitumans supposedly established themselves in the region of the Andes and are buried in Lake Titicaca, which was formed by a tear of the Glowing Star. According to the cosmology of the followers of the doctrine, Tia Neiva commanded the spiritual mission of this people on the Earth following the orders of the supreme commander, Pai Seta Branca (Father White Arrow), who seems to be an amalgam of several indigenous figures, Incan and American-Indian.  Valley of the Dawn members perform spirit-healing rituals called “trabalhos,” or works, daily at their main temple outside [[Brasília]].<ref name="Hayes 2020" />