Xingu are an indigenous people of Brazil living near the Xingu River. They have many cultural similarities despite their different ethnicity. Xingu people...
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The Xingu Indigenous Park (Parque Indígena do Xingu, pronounced [ʃiŋˈɡu]) is an indigenous territory of Brazil, first created in 1961 as a national park...
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The Xingu River (/ʃiːŋˈɡuː/ sheeng-GOO; Portuguese: Rio Xingu, Portuguese pronunciation: [ʃĩˈɡu]; Mẽbêngôkre: Byti, [bɯˈti]: 73 ) is a 1,640 km (1,020 mi)...
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Panará people (section Life in Xingu)
Claudio and Orlando worked for the government at the indigenous reserve, Xingu National Park, in Brazil, and were interested in learning more upon hearing...
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Huka-huka (category Xingu peoples)
Huka-huka is a Brazilian folk wrestling style of the indigenous people of Xingu, in the state of Mato Grosso. It is performed as a ritual fight during the...
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recorded in his memoir I Come from the Stone Age. In 1966, he met the Xingu Indians of Brazil's Mato Grosso. In 1972, Harrer crossed the island of Borneo...
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indigenous activism. In 1961 they succeeded in getting the entire upper Xingu legally protected, making it the first massive indigenous area in all South...
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Kayabí, Karipúna, ?Uru-Pa-In Kamayurá (Group VII) Xingu (Group VIIIa): Anambé (of Cairarí), Amanayé, Xingú Asuriní, Araweté, Aurá, Ararandewara Northern Tupi–Guaraní...
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Kuhikugu (category Xingu peoples)
at the headwaters of the Xingu River, in the Amazon Rainforest. The area around Kuhikugu is located in part of the Xingu National Park today. Kuhikugu...
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SXX may refer to: SXX, the IATA code for São Félix do Xingu Airport, Brazil SXX, the Indian Railways station code for Salbari railway station, West Bengal...
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the Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil, south of the Amazon River and along Xingu River and its tributaries. He is internationally famous as a living symbol...
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Kayapo (redirect from Kayapo Indian)
the Amazon River and along the Xingu River and its tributaries. This pattern has given rise to the nickname the Xingu tribe. They are one of the various...
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Kalapalo (category Xingu peoples)
They are one of seventeen tribal groups who inhabit the Xingu National Park in the Upper Xingu River region of the state of Mato Grosso. They speak the...
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Yawalapiti (category Xingu peoples)
but up from a low of 25 in 1954. The Yawalapiti live in the Xingu Indian Park, in Upper Xingu region along with Kiabi, Yudja and Suya tribes. The ways of...
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Xingú Asuriní (Asurini of Xingu) is a Tupi–Guaraní language of the state of Pará, in the Amazon region of Brazil. The entire population speaks the language...
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as Kararaô) is a hydroelectric dam complex on the northern part of the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil. After its completion, with the installation...
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Suyá (category Xingu peoples)
self-denomination Kisêdjê, are indigenous people in Brazil, at the headwaters of the Xingu River. Historically, they were known for their lip plates, an unusual form...
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Yamurikuma (category Xingu peoples)
the Upper Xingu River, Brazil. Wauja people have celebrated Yamurikuma in rituals, ceremonies, and traditions for centuries. Shamans in Xingu villages...
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Yudjá (category Xingu peoples)
along the Xingu River, but are now divided into two groups, a westernized northern group near Altamira, Para near the big bend of the Xingu and a more...
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the first director of Brazil's Indian Protection Service or SPI (later FUNAI) and supported the creation of the Xingu National Park. The Brazilian state...
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Kamayurá (category Xingu peoples)
language belongs to the Tupi–Guarani family. The Kamayurá live in the Upper Xingu region along with Kiabi, Yudja and Suya tribes. The ways of life of these...
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Aweti (category Xingu peoples)
group of Indigenous Brazilians living in the Xingu Indigenous Park, close to the headwaters of the Xingu River in Brazil. The Aweti inhabit two villages...
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Arawakan, and Trumai languages is also evident among the languages of the Xingu Indigenous Park. Comparison of Proto-Macro-Jê (with W = Proto-Western Macro-Jê;...
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Missions already inhabited the Xingu region, it was not until the 1750s that Father Roque Hunderfund entered the Xingu River until the Tucuruí Igarapé...
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by the women of the Kuikuro, an indigenous community living in the Upper Xingu. "Documentário "As Hiper Mulheres" ganha destaque na TV Brasil no Dia do...
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South America, in Central Brazil, where the Kayapo Indians inhabit a large area of land near the Xingu River. The Kayapo: Out of the Forest was first released...
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first expedition to the Xingu River region of Brazil (see Xingu Indigenous Park) 1887-1888: Second Expedition into the Xingú region (Brazil) 1897-1898:...
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Aloysius Xingu Leng Pendergast is a fictional character appearing in novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. He first appeared as a supporting character...
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delegation of Mehinako Indians. The following year, the Mehinako Indians honoured the memory of the late King Leopold III in Xingu Park in a special ceremony...
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and earned a PhD in philosophy. In 1931, he published his first book, Indianer Studien im nordöstlichen Chaco, in the city of Leipzig, which described...
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