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Wari’

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The Wari', also known as the Pakaa Nova, are an indigenous people of Brazil, living in seven villages in the Amazon rainforest in the state of Rondônia. [1]

25 relations: Amazon rainforest, Chapacura language, Chapacuran languages, Chicha, Decomposition, Endocannibalism, Indigenous peoples in Brazil, Iténez Province, Mamoré River, Mossi language, National Museum of the American Indian, Nomad, Organ (anatomy), Oro Win language, Polygyny, Putrefaction, Ribeirão River, Rondônia, Sexual intercourse, Slash-and-burn, Terra preta, Tupi people, Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, Vomiting, Wari’ language.

Amazon rainforest

The Amazon rainforest (Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Selva Amazónica, Amazonía or usually Amazonia; Forêt amazonienne; Amazoneregenwoud), also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.

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Chapacura language

Chapacura, or Guapore, was a Chapacuran language.

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Chapacuran languages

The Chapacuran languages are a nearly extinct Native American language family of South America.

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Chicha

In South and Central America, chicha is a fermented (alcoholic) or non-fermented beverage usually derived from grains, maize, or fruit.

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Decomposition

Decomposition is the process by which organic substances are broken down into simpler organic matter.

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Endocannibalism

Endocannibalism is a practice of eating the flesh of a human being from the same community (tribe, social group or society), usually after they have died.

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Indigenous peoples in Brazil

Indigenous peoples in Brazil (povos indígenas no Brasil), or Indigenous Brazilians (indígenas brasileiros), comprise a large number of distinct ethnic groups who have inhabited what is now the country of Brazil since prior to the European contact around 1500.

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Iténez Province

Iténez is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia.

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Mamoré River

The Mamoré is a large river in Bolivia and Brazil which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon.

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Mossi language

The Mossi language (known in the language as Mooré; also Mòoré, Mõõré, Moré, Moshi, Moore, More) is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of two official regional languages of Burkina Faso, closely related to the Frafra language spoken just across the border in the northern half of Ghana and less-closely to Dagbani and Mampruli further south.

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National Museum of the American Indian

The National Museum of the American Indian is part of the Smithsonian Institution and is committed to advancing knowledge and understanding of the Native cultures of the Western Hemisphere—past, present, and future—through partnership with Native people and others.

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Nomad

A nomad (νομάς, nomas, plural tribe) is a member of a community of people who live in different locations, moving from one place to another in search of grasslands for their animals.

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Organ (anatomy)

Organs are collections of tissues with similar functions.

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Oro Win language

Oro Win is a moribund Chapacuran language spoken along the upper stretches of the Pacaás Novos River in Brazil.

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Polygyny

Polygyny (from Neoclassical Greek πολυγυνία from πολύ- poly- "many", and γυνή gyne "woman" or "wife") is the most common and accepted form of polygamy, entailing the marriage of a man with several women.

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Putrefaction

Putrefaction is the fifth stage of death, following pallor mortis, algor mortis, rigor mortis, and livor mortis.

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Ribeirão River

The Ribeirão River is a river of Espírito Santo state in eastern Brazil.

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Rondônia

Rondônia is a state in Brazil, located in the north part of the country.

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Sexual intercourse

Sexual intercourse (or coitus or copulation) is principally the insertion and thrusting of the penis, usually when erect, into the vagina for sexual pleasure, reproduction, or both.

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Slash-and-burn

Slash-and-burn agriculture, or fire–fallow cultivation, is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden.

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Terra preta

Terra preta (locally, literally "black soil" in Portuguese) is a type of very dark, fertile artificial (anthropogenic) soil found in the Amazon Basin.

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Tupi people

The Tupi people were one of the most important indigenous peoples in Brazil.

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Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau

The Uru-Eu-Uaw-Uaw are an indigenous people of Brazil, Loren McIntyre, National Geographic (December 1988), pp.

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Vomiting

Vomiting, also known as emesis, puking, barfing, throwing up, among other terms, is the involuntary, forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose.

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Wari’ language

The Wari’ language (also Orowari, Wari, Pacaá Novo, Pacaás Novos, Pakaa Nova, Pakaásnovos) is the sole remaining vibrant language of the Chapacuran language family of the Brazilian–Bolivian border region of the Amazon.

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Orowari, Pacanawa, Paka nova, Pakaa Nova, Pakaa nova, Uari, Uaris, Wari people, Wari', Wari' people, Waricaca', Wari’ people.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wari’

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