Paresí (Haliti) people

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The Paresí (Haliti) people are an Indigenous group of Brazil’s Mato Grosso region, known for their distinct cultural traditions and their Arawakan Paresí language.

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Paresí (Haliti) people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
alternateName Haliti people NERFINISHED
Pareci people NERFINISHED
Paresí people NERFINISHED
continent South America
cosmology shamanic practices
country Brazil
culturalPractice ceremonial body painting
myth-telling
oral traditions
ritual dances
ethnolinguisticGroup Arawak NERFINISHED
governedBy indigenous associations
hasAutonym Haliti NERFINISHED
historicalContactWith Brazilian frontiersmen (bandeirantes) NERFINISHED
Portuguese colonizers
indigenousTo Brazilian Amazon NERFINISHED
Cerrado biome NERFINISHED
language Paresí language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Arawakan languages NERFINISHED
languageRevitalizationEfforts community-based education
languageStatus endangered
locatedIn Mato Grosso NERFINISHED
partOf Indigenous peoples of Mato Grosso NERFINISHED
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin NERFINISHED
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Brazil
recognizedBy Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas (FUNAI) NERFINISHED
region Central-West Brazil NERFINISHED
religion traditional indigenous religion
rightsIssue cultural preservation
land demarcation
socialOrganization village-based communities
threat agribusiness expansion
deforestation
land encroachment
traditionalCrop beans
maize
manioc
sweet potatoes
traditionalHousing communal houses
traditionalSubsistence agriculture
fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Plateau areas of Mato Grosso
Upper Rio Juruena region NERFINISHED
usesWritingSystem Latin script for Paresí language

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Paresí language hasSpeakers Paresí (Haliti) people