Apurinã

The Apurinã, also called TheIpurinã, Ipurinãn, Kangite, Popengare (endonym), are an indigenous people who live near the Purus River in western Brazil[2] and speak Apurinã.

For the language, see Apurinã language.
Apurinã
Total population
4,087 (in 2003)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Brazil
Languages
Apurinã language

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
  1. APURINà:: Enciclopédia :: Povos Indígenas no Brasil :: ISA
  2.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hipurnias". Encyclopædia Britannica. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 523.

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