Curripaco people

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The Curripaco people are an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking group of the northwest Amazon, traditionally living along rivers in Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil with a culture centered on fishing, horticulture, and complex ritual practices.

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Curripaco people canonical 17

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
agriculturalPractice swidden horticulture
continent South America
cosmologyFeature multi-layered universe
country Brazil
Colombia
Venezuela
culturalArea Northwest Amazonia
culturalTrait complex ritual practices
mythological oral tradition
shamanism
dwellingType communal houses
economicActivity small-scale trade
ethnicGroupOf Brazil
Colombia
Venezuela
hasTraditionalKnowledge ethnobotany
river navigation
language Curripaco language
languageFamily Arawakan languages
linguisticBranch Northern Arawakan
nativeNameLanguage Arawakan languages
region Amazonas state (Brazil)
linked to: Amazonas state

Amazonas state (Venezuela)
Guainía Department
Rio Negro basin
linked to: Negro River basin
relatedEthnicGroup Baniwa people
linked to: Baniwa peoples

Tariana people
Warekena people
religion indigenous animist beliefs
ritualFocus healing ceremonies
initiation rites
seasonal festivals
socialOrganization extended family households
kin-based communities
stapleCrop maize
manioc
plantains
subsistenceActivity fishing
gathering
horticulture
hunting
traditionalHabitat riverine environments
tropical rainforest
traditionalRegion Amazon rainforest
northwest Amazon
usesWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Vichada Department hasIndigenousPeoples Curripaco people
Puerto Inírida nearbyIndigenousGroups Curripaco people
south-eastern Colombia inhabitedBy Curripaco people
Curripaco spokenBy Curripaco people
Curripaco ethnolinguisticGroup Curripaco people
Baniwa-Curripaco spokenBy Curripaco people
Piapoco people neighboringGroup Curripaco people
Warekena people neighboringGroups Curripaco people
Curripaco language spokenBy Curripaco people
Kurripako people alsoKnownAs Curripaco people
Inírida hasIndigenousCommunity Curripaco people
Cerros de Mono culturallySignificantFor Curripaco people