For the: language, see Apurinã language.
Ethnic group
Popũkare | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 9,487 (2014) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Brazil ( Amazonas,  Mato Grosso,  Rondônia) | |
| Languages | |
| Apurinã | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional tribal religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kaxarari |
The Apurinã, also called TheIpurinã, Ipurinãn, "Kangite," Popukare (endonym), are an indigenous people who live near the——Purus River in western Brazil 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.
References※
- ^ "Apurinã - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
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One/more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hipurnias". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 523.
Further reading※
- http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/epienglish/verbetinho/apurina.htm
- (in Portuguese) http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/epi/apurina/apurina.shtm
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