Matsigenka

E505445

The Matsigenka are an Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon known for their forest-based subsistence lifestyle, distinct language, and rich shamanic and cosmological traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Matsigenka canonical 3
Matsiguenka 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazonian people
Indigenous people
alternateName Machiguenga NERFINISHED
alternateSpelling Machiguenga NERFINISHED
Matsiguenka NERFINISHED
associatedWith Camisea River NERFINISHED
Manu National Park NERFINISHED
Urubamba River NERFINISHED
continent South America
cosmology multi-layered universe
spirit-inhabited forest
country Peru
ethnicGroupOf Peru NERFINISHED
facesThreatsFrom colonization
logging
oil and gas development
hasKnowledgeOf forest ecology
medicinal plants
hasTradition cosmological narratives
shamanic practices
inhabits Amazon rainforest NERFINISHED
language Matsigenka language
languageFamily Arawakan languages NERFINISHED
mainCrops maize
manioc
plantains
materialCulture bark cloth
ceramic vessels
woven bags
populationStatus small population
primaryRegion Peruvian Amazon NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Peruvian state as Indigenous people
region Cusco Region NERFINISHED
Madre de Dios Region NERFINISHED
religion animism
shamanism
socialOrganization extended family groups
small dispersed settlements
subsistence fishing
gathering forest products
hunting
swidden horticulture
traditionalClothing cotton tunics
traditionalHealer shaman
traditionalHousing palm-thatched houses
uses blowguns
bows and arrows

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

southeastern Peru hasIndigenousPeoples Matsigenka
subject surface form: Southeastern Peru
Machiguenga hasAutonym Matsigenka
Machiguenga alternativeName Matsigenka
this entity surface form: Matsiguenka