Murui-Muinane people

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The Murui-Muinane people are an Indigenous group of the northwest Amazon, known for their complex clan-based social organization, rich oral traditions, and deep spiritual relationship with the rainforest environment.

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Murui-Muinane (broad ethnolinguistic label) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazonian Indigenous group
Indigenous people
ethnic group
ceremonialPractice collective rituals
use of sacred plants
continent South America
cosmologyFeature sacred rivers
spirit beings of the forest
country Colombia
Peru
culturalTrait mythological narratives
rich oral traditions
ritual chants
culturalTransmission oral tradition
environmentalRole guardians of forest biodiversity
ethnonym Muinane NERFINISHED
Murui NERFINISHED
inhabit Amazon rainforest NERFINISHED
knowledgeSystem ethnobotanical knowledge
language Murui language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Witotoan languages NERFINISHED
mainCrop manioc
region northwest Amazon
religion animist beliefs
rightsIssue cultural preservation
land rights
ritualSpace maloca
socialOrganization clan-based system
socialStructureFeature exogamous marriage rules
patrilineal clans
spiritualRelationshipWith rainforest environment
subsistence fishing
gathering forest products
hunting
swidden horticulture
threat cultural assimilation pressures
deforestation
resource extraction
traditionalHousing maloca communal house
worldview relational view of humans and nature

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Huitoto (Witoto) hasAlternativeName Murui-Muinane people
subject surface form: Huitoto
this entity surface form: Murui-Muinane (broad ethnolinguistic label)
southern Colombia hasIndigenousGroup Murui-Muinane people
subject surface form: Southern Colombia