Aparai people
The Aparai or Apalai are an indigenous people of Brazil, who live in Amapá and Pará states. A little community is located in French Guiana, in Antecume Pata. They were sedentary slash-and-burn farmers, necessitating periodic relocation as soil became exhausted, but also hunters and gatherers. They spoke a Carib language and in the 20th century their subsistence shifted towards craftwork as they adapted to modern Brazil and the cash economy.
Total population | |
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564 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brazil (Amapá, Pará) | 514 (2014) |
French Guiana | 40 (2011) |
Suriname | 10 (2011) |
Languages | |
Aparai, Wayana, Portuguese | |
Religion | |
traditional tribal religion |
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