Paresí (Haliti) people

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The Paresí (Haliti) people are an Indigenous group of Brazil’s Mato Grosso region, known for their distinct cultural traditions and their Arawakan Paresí language.

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Paresí (Haliti) people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
alternateName Haliti people
Pareci people
linked to: Pareci

Paresí people
continent South America
cosmology shamanic practices
country Brazil
culturalPractice ceremonial body painting
myth-telling
oral traditions
ritual dances
ethnolinguisticGroup Arawak
governedBy indigenous associations
hasAutonym Haliti
historicalContactWith Brazilian frontiersmen (bandeirantes)
Portuguese colonizers
indigenousTo Brazilian Amazon
linked to: Amazon Basin

Cerrado biome
linked to: Cerrado
language Paresí language
languageFamily Arawakan languages
languageRevitalizationEfforts community-based education
languageStatus endangered
locatedIn Mato Grosso
partOf Indigenous peoples of Mato Grosso
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Brazil
recognizedBy Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas (FUNAI)
region Central-West Brazil
religion traditional indigenous religion
rightsIssue cultural preservation
land demarcation
socialOrganization village-based communities
threat agribusiness expansion
deforestation
land encroachment
traditionalCrop beans
maize
manioc
sweet potatoes
traditionalHousing communal houses
traditionalSubsistence agriculture
fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Plateau areas of Mato Grosso
Upper Rio Juruena region
usesWritingSystem Latin script for Paresí language

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Paresí language hasSpeakers Paresí (Haliti) people