Kumarumã Explained

Kumarumã
Native Name:Santa Maria dos Galibis
Pushpin Map:Amapá#Brazil
Pushpin Mapsize:310
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:North
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Amapá
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Oiapoque
Leader Title:Cacique
Leader Name:Paulo Roberto Silva[1]
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:2,240
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:3.3789°N -51.2998°W
Utc Offset:-3

Kumarumã is an Amerindian village of the Galibi Marwono people in the Brazilian municipality of Oiapoque, Amapá. It is the largest village of the tribe.[3] Kumarumã was founded in the 1930s[4] as Santa Maria dos Galibis.[3] Kumarumã is located on an island in the Uaçá River in the Uaçá Indigenous Territory.

Overview

The Galibi Marworno were originally from French Guiana and lived in Jesuit missions. A Portuguese offensive in the late 18th century drove them to land inwards, where they mixed with the Arua and Marworno Amerindians. They use the self identification Galibi Marworno to distinguish themselves from the Galibis on the Oiapoque River.[3]

In the 1930s, Santa Maria dos Galibis was established by the Indian Protection Service[4] as means to concentrate the population. The main language of the Galibi was Karipúna French Creole.[3] In 1934, a school was built in the village, and started to teach in Portuguese.[3] In the late 1960s, CIMI, a Catholic organisation, started teaching Karipúna French Creole.

Kumarumã also has a clinic,[5] and a community house.[3] The village consisted mainly of wooden houses built on stilts,[3] however, the younger generation has begun to build brick houses.

Kumarumã has experienced a rapid growth in the 21st century, and a large part of the island has been deforested. The economy is based on fishing and subsistence farming.[3] The villagers are known for their canoes which they export to French Guiana.[6]

Kumarumã can only be accessed by boat, and is located about 45 kilometres down river from the Oiapoque River.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VÍDEO: CRIANDO CORPO EM KUMARUMÃ . Padre Nello. 29 March 2021. pt.
  2. Web site: Caracterização do DSEI Amapá e Norte do Pará, conforme Edital de Chamada Pública n. 2/2017. Ministry of Health (Brazil). 29 March 2021. pt.
  3. Web site: Galibi Marworno . Socio Ambiental . 29 March 2021.
  4. Florent Kohler. Chamanisme et politique dans l’Uaçá, Bas-Oyapock (Amapá, Brésil). 2010. Anthropologie et Sociétés . 34. fr. 13–14.
  5. Web site: Dsei Ap Polo Base de Saúde Indigena Kumaruma - Aldeia - Oiapoque - AP - Unidade de Atenção A Saúde Indigena . Unidades de Saúde do Brasil . 29 March 2021. pt.
  6. Mapping in the Oiapoque Indigenous Territories. Rosélis Remor de Souza Mazurek. Revue d'ethnoécologie. 9. 2006. 27.