"Father White Arrow" in Portuguese), the pre-Columbian spirit who allegedly began to talk to Tia Neiva in 1957 and to guide and aid her (and her/their followers) in the creation of the doctrine, the Temple and, eventually, the Valley.
He is always depicted as a nice-looking, young, strong, South American native man, wearing a blue tunic, a long, feathered headdress and leather sandals and holding a white arrow, by which he is known.
Nearby there is a complex built in the open space named Solar dos Médiums composed by the Estrela Candente (Glowing Star) and the Lago de Iemanjá (Lake of Yemanja).
Vale Do Amanhecer has a primary school of more than 200 students, under government control, restaurants, an auto repair shop, and a bookshop specializing in religious and spiritualist works.
Valley of the Dawn members perform spirit-healing rituals called “trabalhos,” or works, daily at their main temple outside Brasília.