Popũkare | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 9,487 (2014)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Brazil ( Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Rondônia) | |
| Languages | |
| Apurinã | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional tribal religion[1] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kaxarari[1] |
TheApurinã, also calledTheIpurinã, Ipurinãn, Kangite, Popukare (endonym), are anIndigenous people who live near thePurus River in westernBrazil[1] and speakApurinã.
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]
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hipurnias".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 523.
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