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Aweti, the Glossary

The Aweti people are a group of Indigenous Brazilians living in the Xingu Indigenous Park, close to the headwaters of the Xingu River in Brazil.^[1]

14 relations: Awetí language, Brazil, Cassava, Christianity, Germany, Huka-huka, Indigenous peoples in Brazil, Kamayurá language, Maize, National Museum of the American Indian, Portuguese language, Tupian languages, Xingu Indigenous Park, Xingu River.
Hunter-gatherers of South America
Xingu peoples

Awetí language

The Awetí or Aweti language is one of the Tupian languages of Central Brazil.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc,--> or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Huka-huka

Huka-huka is a Brazilian folk wrestling style of the indigenous people of Xingu, in the state of Mato Grosso. Aweti and Huka-huka are Xingu peoples.

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Indigenous peoples in Brazil

Indigenous peoples once comprised an estimated 2,000 tribes and nations inhabiting what is now Brazil, prior to European contact around 1500 AD.

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Kamayurá language

The Kamayurá language (Kamaiurá in Portuguese) belongs to the Tupi–Guarani family, and is spoken by the Kamayurá people of Brazil – who numbered about 600 individuals in 2014.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.

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National Museum of the American Indian

The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Tupian languages

The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.

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Xingu Indigenous Park

The Xingu Indigenous Park (Parque Indígena do Xingu, pronounced) is an indigenous territory of Brazil, first created in 1961 as a national park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

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Xingu River

The Xingu River (Rio Xingu,; Mẽbêngôkre: Byti) is a river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin, accounting for about 5% of its water.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aweti

Also known as Anumaniá, Aueti, Auetis, Auetö, Aweti people, Awetö people, Awytyza, Enumaniá.