Shuar people

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The Shuar people are an Indigenous group of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador and Peru, known for their distinct language, rich warrior traditions, and deep connection to the forest environment.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Shiwiar people 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
continent South America
country Ecuador
Peru
culturalArtifact tsantsa
culturalPractice head shrinking
culturalRegion Amazonian Indigenous peoples of Ecuador
ethnicity Shuar
facesIssue deforestation
mining conflicts
oil extraction impacts
hasOrganization Shuar Federation of Ecuador
knownFor forest knowledge
shamanic practices
warrior culture
languageFamily Jivaroan languages
locatedIn eastern Ecuador
northern Peru
nativeLanguage Shuar language
partOf Jivaroan
surface form: Jivaroan peoples
politicalMovement Indigenous rights movement in Ecuador
region Amazon rainforest
Amazon Basin
surface form: Upper Amazon Basin
relatedEthnicGroup Achuar people
Aguaruna people
Huambisa people
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
selfDesignation Shuar
socialOrganization extended families
household-based groups
traditionalBelief multiple souls
spirit allies
traditionalCrops maize
manioc
peanuts
plantains
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
slash-and-burn agriculture
traditionalHousing communal houses
traditionalMaterialCulture basketry
blowguns
ceramics
spears
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
traditionalSettlementPattern dispersed homesteads
UNESCOCategory Intangible cultural heritage (potential/associated)
usesPsychoactivePlant ayahuasca
maikua
warriorTradition feuding
raiding

Referenced by (9)

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

Pastaza Province ethnicGroup Shuar people
Shuar ethnicGroup Shuar people
Jivaroan ethnicGroupAssociated Shuar people
Orellana Province hasEthnicGroup Shuar people
Achuar-Shiwiar language spokenBy Shuar people
this entity surface form: Shiwiar people
Shuar spokenBy Shuar people