Patamona people

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The Patamona people are an Indigenous Amerindian group of the Guiana Highlands, primarily in Guyana and Brazil, known for their distinct language, traditional subsistence farming, and rich spiritual and ecological knowledge.

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Label Occurrences
Patamona people canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people
Indigenous people
continent South America
country Brazil
Guyana NERFINISHED
culturalPractice oral tradition
ritual dances
ritual use of cassava
shamanic healing
storytelling
environment montane forest
savanna-forest ecotone
tropical rainforest
ethnicGroupOf Brazil NERFINISHED
Guyana NERFINISHED
knowledgeDomain ethnobotany
medicinal plants
traditional ecological knowledge
language Patamona language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Cariban languages NERFINISHED
livelihood small-scale trade
subsistence farming
partOf Indigenous peoples of Brazil NERFINISHED
Indigenous peoples of Guyana NERFINISHED
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas NERFINISHED
populationStatus minority group in Brazil
minority group in Guyana
region Guiana Highlands NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Akawaio people NERFINISHED
Makushi people NERFINISHED
Pemon people NERFINISHED
religion animism
shamanism
socialOrganization village-based communities
spiritualBeliefs ancestor spirits
forest spirits
river spirits
traditionalCrops bananas
cassava
maize
sweet potatoes
traditionalHousing communal houses
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
shifting cultivation
slash-and-burn agriculture

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Instruction
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Input
Subject: Patamona people
Description of subject: The Patamona people are an Indigenous Amerindian group of the Guiana Highlands, primarily in Guyana and Brazil, known for their distinct language, traditional subsistence farming, and rich spiritual and ecological knowledge.

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

Patamona language ethnicGroup Patamona people