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Apurinã

Apurinã

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For the language, see Apurinã language.

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.

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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]

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

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