Matipu Explained

Group:Matipu
Population:149 (2011)[1]
Popplace:
Languages:Kuikúro-Kalapálo, formerly Matipuhy[2]
Related:Kalapalo, Kuikuro, and Nahukuá

The Matipu people are an indigenous people of Brazil. They live in the southern part of the Xingu Indigenous Park in the state of Mato Grosso.[2] Their a population is estimated at 149 individuals in 2011,[1] up from population of 40 in the 1995 census. They are mainly of animist faith and share many cultural traits with other Xingu peoples.[1]

Name

They are also known as the Mariape-Nahuqua and Matipuhy.[2]

Language

The Matipu traditional spoke the Matipu language, a Carib language, but there are no longer any known living speakers. They currently speak the Kuikúro-Kalapálo language.[2]

Subsistence

To provide for themselves, the Matipu hunt, fish, and farm. Manioc and maize are their primary crops.

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Notes and References

  1. http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/mehinako "Mehinako: Introduction."
  2. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mzo "Matipuhy."