Kurripako people

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The Kurripako people are an Indigenous group of the Amazon region, primarily inhabiting areas of Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil, known for their distinct cultural traditions and their Arawakan linguistic heritage.

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Kurripako people canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Baniwa-Curripaco
Curripaco people
Kurripako
continent South America
country Brazil
Colombia
Venezuela
culturalPractice mythic oral tradition
ritual chanting
shamanism
culturalRegion Upper Rio Negro region
ethnicity Kurripako
linked to: Kuripako
hasPopulationRegion Amazonas state (Brazil)
linked to: Amazonas state

Amazonas state (Venezuela)
Vaupés Department
housingType communal houses
indigenousTo Brazil
Colombia
Venezuela
language Kurripako language
languageFamily Arawakan languages
linguisticHeritage Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
locatedIn Amazon region
partOf Arawak peoples
linked to: Arawak
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Brazil
Indigenous people of Colombia
Indigenous people of Venezuela
region Amazon rainforest
religion Christianity
animism
riverBasin Amazon basin
linked to: Amazon Basin

Rio Negro basin
linked to: Negro River basin
socialOrganization clan-based
traditionalCraft basketry
canoe building
ceremonial body painting
traditionalCrop maize
manioc
plantain
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
shifting cultivation
usesWritingSystem Latin script

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Kurripako language spokenBy Kurripako people
Kurripako-Baniwa spokenBy Kurripako people