Group: | Apurinã |
Native Name: | Popũkare |
Population: | 9,487 (2014)[1] |
Popplace: | |
Rels: | Traditional tribal religion |
Langs: | Apurinã |
Related: | Kaxarari |
The Apurinã, also called TheIpurinã, Ipurinãn, Kangite, Popukare (endonym), are an indigenous people who live near the Purus River in western Brazil[1] and speak Apurinã.
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.