Apurinã
The Apurinã, also called TheIpurinã, Ipurinãn, Kangite, Popukare (endonym), are an indigenous people who live near the Purus River in western Brazil and speak Apurinã.
Popũkare | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 9,487 (2014) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Brazil ( Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Rondônia) | |
| Languages | |
| Apurinã | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional tribal religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kaxarari |
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.
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