Apurinã
Popũkare | |
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Total population | |
9,487 (2014)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brazil ( Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Rondônia) | |
Languages | |
Apurinã | |
Religion | |
Traditional tribal religion[1] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kaxarari[1] |
The Apurinã, also called TheIpurinã, Ipurinãn, Kangite, Popukare (endonym), are an indigenous people who live near the Purus River in western Brazil[1] and speak Apurinã.
Their houses are long, low and narrow: the side walls and roof are one, poles being fixed in the ground and then bent together so as to meet and form a pointed arch for the cross-sections. They use small bark canoes. Their chief weapons are poisoned arrows. They have a native god called Guintiniri.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Apurinã - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hipurnias". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 523. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
Further reading
- http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/epienglish/verbetinho/apurina.htm
- (in Portuguese) http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/epi/apurina/apurina.shtm