Curripaco people
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The Curripaco people are an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking group of the northwest Amazon, traditionally living along rivers in Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil with a culture centered on fishing, horticulture, and complex ritual practices.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Indigenous people ⓘ |
| agriculturalPractice | swidden horticulture ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| cosmologyFeature | multi-layered universe ⓘ |
| country |
Brazil
ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ |
| culturalArea | Northwest Amazonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalTrait |
complex ritual practices
ⓘ
mythological oral tradition ⓘ shamanism ⓘ |
| dwellingType | communal houses ⓘ |
| economicActivity | small-scale trade ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalKnowledge |
ethnobotany
ⓘ
river navigation ⓘ |
| language | Curripaco language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticBranch | Northern Arawakan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Amazonas state (Brazil)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amazonas state (Venezuela) NERFINISHED ⓘ Guainía Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio Negro basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Baniwa people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tariana people NERFINISHED ⓘ Warekena people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ |
| ritualFocus |
healing ceremonies
ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ seasonal festivals ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
extended family households
ⓘ
kin-based communities ⓘ |
| stapleCrop |
maize
ⓘ
manioc ⓘ plantains ⓘ |
| subsistenceActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering ⓘ horticulture ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| traditionalHabitat |
riverine environments
ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Amazon rainforest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwest Amazon ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Latin script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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