Mehináku people
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The Mehináku people are an Indigenous group of the Upper Xingu region in Brazil, known for their complex ritual life, traditional agriculture, and distinctive Arawakan language and material culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mehináku people canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Indigenous people ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| cosmology | shamanism ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growsCrop |
bananas
ⓘ
maize ⓘ manioc ⓘ peanuts ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringGroup |
Kalapalo people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kamayurá people NERFINISHED ⓘ Trumai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex ritual life
ⓘ
distinctive material culture ⓘ traditional agriculture ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brazil
ⓘ
Mato Grosso NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Xingu region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
basketry
ⓘ
body painting ⓘ ceramics ⓘ feather ornaments ⓘ |
| partOf | Upper Xingu cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| practices |
collective ceremonies
ⓘ
ritual feasting ⓘ ritual wrestling ⓘ |
| region | Xingu Indigenous Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicallyTo |
Kuikuro people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wauja people NERFINISHED ⓘ Yawalapiti people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | indigenous traditional religion ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
chief-led political structure
ⓘ
village-based community ⓘ |
| speaks | Mehináku language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
inter-village trade
ⓘ
reciprocal exchange ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | communal longhouses ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ |
| uses | dugout canoes ⓘ |
| usesRitualObject |
ritual masks
ⓘ
sacred flutes ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.