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The Pirahã (pronounced [piɾaˈhɐ̃]) [a] are an indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. They are the sole surviving subgroup of the Mura people, and are hunter-gatherers. They live mainly on the banks of the Maici River in Humaitá and Manicoré in the state of Amazonas. As of 2018, they number 800 individuals. [2]
The demand for women outweighs the actual population of the Yanomami women because of the growing practice of polygamy. [ citation needed ] A girl can be promised to a man at an age as young as five or six, however cannot officially be married off until after her first menstrual period. [ 6 ]
At night, in this village near the Assua River in Brazil, the rainforest reverberates. Until recently, the Juma people seemed destined to disappear like countless other Amazon tribes decimated by ...
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The Marubo live in the far west of Brazil, in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, an area covering 83,000 square kilometres (32,000 sq mi).. Access to the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory is limited by the government of Brazil to protect the indigenous groups inhabiting the area and the environment on which they depend for their traditional lifeways from exploitation by loggers, miners ...
Omagua women would jeer at the women from other tribes, saying that their heads were "round like those of forest savages." In the 18th century, the Omaguas would point out to travelers that their flattened foreheads were a sign of cultural superiority over their neighbors, and for a long time they resisted abandoning this custom, even under ...
Mundurukú Headdress: a glimpse of life in the Amazon rainforest, Smarthistory at Khan Academy Also known as the Mundurucu , Maytapu , and Cara Preta , the Munduruku call themselves Wuy Jugu . Oral history says the name "Muduruku" comes from their enemies the Parintintin people and means "red ants," based on the historical Munduruku tactic of ...
The Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous History and Culture Law (Law No. 11.645/2008) mandates the teaching of Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous History and Culture in Brazil. The law was enacted on 10 March 2008, amending Law No. 9.394 of 20 December 1996, as modified by Law No. 10.639 of 9 January 2003.