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.

Apalai
Total population
564
Regions with significant populations
 Brazil (Amapá, Pará)514 (2014)
 French Guiana40 (2011)
 Suriname10 (2011)
Languages
Aparai, Wayana, Portuguese
Religion
traditional tribal religion
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