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.

Apurinã
Popũkare
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]

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Apurinã - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  2. ^   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hipurnias". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 523.

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