Wari’ people
Sign in to saveThe Wariʼ, 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. Their first contact with European settlers was on the shores of the Pakaa Nova River, a tributary of the Mamoré River. Many of the Wari' live within the Sagarana Indigenous Territory near the town of Rodrigues Alves (which lies between Rio Guaporé Indigenous Territory and Pacaás Novos National Park).
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- indigenous people
- Languages spoken
- Chapacuran
- Native language
- Chapacuran
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 3956
- Country of origin
- Brazil
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- native label
- Wari'
- described at URL
- pib.socioambiental.org/pt/Quadro_Geral_dos_Povos
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Name
- Language
- Population and locations
- Denomination and ethnicity
- Relations between subgroups
- Society
- Beliefs
- Body, soul, and humanity
- Effect of missionaries
- Cannibalism
- Warfare
- Pacification
- Missionaries
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Wariʼ, 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. Their first contact with European settlers was on the shores of the Pakaa Nova River, a tributary of the Mamoré River. Many of the Wari' live within the Sagarana Indigenous Territory near the town of Rodrigues Alves (which lies between Rio Guaporé Indigenous Territory and Pacaás Novos National Park).
==Name== Europeans at one time used the name "Pakaa Nova" to refer to the Wariʼ, because they encountered the indigenous people near the Pakaa Nova River. The people prefer to be referred to as "Wariʼ", their term in their language meaning "we, people." They are also known as the Jaru, Oro Wari, Pacaas-Novos, Pacahanovo, Pakaanova,anovas, Uari, and Uomo.
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