Popũkare | |
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Total population | |
9,487 (2014) [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brazil ( Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Rondônia) | |
Languages | |
Apurinã | |
Religion | |
Traditional tribal religion [1] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kaxarari [1] |
The Apurinã, also called TheIpurinã, Ipurinãn, Kangite, Popukare ( endonym), are an indigenous people who live near the Purus River in western Brazil [1] and speak Apurinã.
Their houses are long, low and narrow: the side walls and roof are one, poles being fixed in the ground and then bent together so as to meet and form a pointed arch for the cross-sections. They use small bark canoes. Their chief weapons are poisoned arrows. They have a native god called Guintiniri. [2]