Tukano peoples

E1005306
Amazonian Indigenous people Indigenous people ethnic group

The Tukano peoples are an Indigenous group of the northwest Amazon, known for their complex social organization, multilingualism, and rich ritual and shamanic traditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tukano peoples canonical 3
Tukano people 2
Northwestern Amazonian Indigenous peoples 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazonian Indigenous people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm basketry ⓘ
body painting ⓘ
featherwork ⓘ
ritual music ⓘ
sacred flute music ⓘ
cosmology myths of anaconda-canoe ancestors ⓘ
riverine origin myths ⓘ
culturalArea Northwest Amazon cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwest Amazon ⓘ
hasNeighbor Arawak peoples of the Rio Negro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maku (Nadahup) peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPractice ritual use of hallucinogens ⓘ
ritual use of tobacco ⓘ
hasRitual Yuruparí ritual NERFINISHED ⓘ
healing ceremonies ⓘ
initiation ceremonies ⓘ
kinshipSystem Dravidian-type terminology ⓘ
knownFor complex social organization ⓘ
exogamous marriage rules ⓘ
hierarchical sib structure ⓘ
multilingualism ⓘ
patrilineal clans ⓘ
ritual traditions ⓘ
shamanic traditions ⓘ
languageFamily Tucanoan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Northwestern Amazon Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Rio Negro region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vaupés River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCrop manioc ⓘ
marriageRule linguistic exogamy ⓘ
partOf Tucanoan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Rio Negro Indigenous territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vaupés Indigenous territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
socialStructure clan exogamy ⓘ
patrilineal descent ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal longhouse ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
swidden horticulture ⓘ
uses manioc beer ⓘ
usesLanguage Tucanoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tukano language NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Negro River basin → inhabitedBy → Tukano peoples ⓘ
Mitú → indigenousPeoples → Tukano peoples ⓘ
Cubeo people → arePartOf → Tukano peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Amazonian Indigenous peoples
Cubeo people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tukano peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tukano people
Yucuna people → neighboringGroup → Tukano peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tukano people
Apaporis River → hasIndigenousCommunity → Tukano peoples ⓘ