Xingu peoples

E367135
Indigenous peoples of Brazil ethnic group

The Xingu peoples are a group of culturally diverse Indigenous communities living in the Upper Xingu region of Brazil’s Amazon basin, known for their complex social systems, ritual life, and environmental stewardship.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin 1
Juruna people 1
Waurá people 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous peoples of Brazil ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
cosmology ancestral beings ⓘ
spirit-inhabited rivers and forests ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
cultivates maize ⓘ
manioc ⓘ
peanuts ⓘ
sweet potatoes ⓘ
demographicTrend population recovery since mid-20th century ⓘ
engagesIn fishing ⓘ
gathering wild foods ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
environmentalRole biodiversity management ⓘ
forest conservation ⓘ
river protection ⓘ
governedBy councils of elders ⓘ
traditional chiefs ⓘ
hasArtForm basketry ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
featherwork ⓘ
flutes and musical instruments ⓘ
ritual masks ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice healing ceremonies ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
mortuary rituals ⓘ
hasCustom body painting ⓘ
ceremonial feasting ⓘ
feather ornamentation ⓘ
inter-village ritual exchanges ⓘ
ritual wrestling ⓘ
hasRight collective land rights under Brazilian law ⓘ
historicalEvent contact with non-Indigenous Brazilians intensified in 20th century ⓘ
inhabits Xingu River ⓘ
surface form: Xingu River basin

tropical rainforest ⓘ
knownFor complex social systems ⓘ
elaborate ritual life ⓘ
environmental stewardship ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
surface form: Arawak languages

Carib languages ⓘ
Tupian languages ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon Basin ⓘ
surface form: Amazon basin

Brazil ⓘ
Upper Xingu region ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon

Xingu Indigenous Park ⓘ
surface form: Xingu Indigenous Park communities
practices collective decision-making ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ
protectedBy Xingu Indigenous Park ⓘ
recognizedBy Brazilian government as Indigenous peoples ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
socialOrganization central plaza villages ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ
threatenedBy agribusiness expansion ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
hydroelectric projects ⓘ
illegal logging ⓘ
land conflicts ⓘ
usesLanguage Aweti language ⓘ
Ikpeng language ⓘ
Kalapalo language ⓘ
Kamayurá language ⓘ
Kuikuro language ⓘ
Kuikuro-Kalapalo dialect continuum ⓘ
Mehináku language ⓘ
surface form: Mehinako language

Trumai language ⓘ
Wauja language ⓘ
Yawalapiti language ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Mato Grosso region of Brazil → hasIndigenousPopulations → Xingu peoples ⓘ
subject surface form: Mato Grosso
Xingu River → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Xingu peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juruna people
Sirionó people → partOf → Xingu peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin
Paresí–Xingu subgroup → spokenBy → Xingu peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waurá people
Xingu Indigenous Park → hasIndigenousPeople → Xingu peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yudjá (Juruna) people