Pemon

E128248
ethnic group indigenous people

The Pemon are an indigenous people of the Gran Sabana region in southeastern Venezuela, known for their close cultural and historical ties to the tepui landscapes that include Angel Falls.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pemon canonical 7
Pemon people 2
Pemon-Carib 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
associatedLandscape Gran Sabana ⓘ
surface form: Gran Sabana plateau

tepui ⓘ
associatedWith Angel Falls ⓘ
associatedWithRiver Carrao River ⓘ
Churún River ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana

Venezuela ⓘ
culturalPractice oral tradition ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
culturalRegion Guiana Highlands ⓘ
economyIncludes handicrafts ⓘ
tourism-related activities ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Brazil ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana

Venezuela ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Pemón ⓘ
hasCollectiveRightsRecognizedBy Venezuelan constitution ⓘ
hasMythologyLinkedTo Angel Falls ⓘ
tepui ⓘ
language Pemon language ⓘ
languageFamily Carib languages ⓘ
surface form: Cariban languages
locatedIn Bolívar State ⓘ
surface form: Bolívar state

southeastern Venezuela ⓘ
neighboringIndigenousPeoples Akawaio ⓘ
Arekuna ⓘ
Kapon ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Guianas ⓘ
surface form: indigenous peoples of the Guiana Shield
populationRegion Gran Sabana municipality ⓘ
primaryRegion Gran Sabana ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of Venezuela ⓘ
regionCharacterizedBy savanna ⓘ
table-top mountains ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
animism ⓘ
selfDesignation Pemon self-link ⓘ
subgroupOf Carib peoples ⓘ
traditionalHousing palm-thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalKnowledge medicinal plants of the Gran Sabana ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Canaima National Park ⓘ
traditionalTransport dugout canoes ⓘ
usesAgriculturalTechnique slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Angel Falls → indigenousPeople → Pemon ⓘ
Canaima National Park → languageSpoken → Pemon ⓘ
Pemon → selfDesignation → Pemon self-link ⓘ
Bolívar State → hasEthnicGroup → Pemon ⓘ
Kerepakupai Merú → indigenousNameLanguage → Pemon ⓘ
Kerepakupai Merú → indigenousPeopleAssociated → Pemon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pemon people
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas → includesEthnicGroup → Pemon ⓘ
Pemon language → spokenBy → Pemon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pemon people
Pemon language → hasAlternativeName → Pemon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pemon-Carib
southern Venezuela → hasIndigenousGroup → Pemon ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Venezuela