Pemon

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The Pemon are an indigenous people of the Gran Sabana region in southeastern Venezuela, known for their close cultural and historical ties to the tepui landscapes that include Angel Falls.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Pemon canonical 17
Pemon people 9
Pemon communities 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
associatedLandscape Gran Sabana plateau ⓘ
linked to: Gran Sabana

tepui ⓘ
associatedWith Angel Falls ⓘ
associatedWithRiver Carrao River ⓘ
Churún River ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to: British Guiana

Venezuela ⓘ
culturalPractice oral tradition ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
culturalRegion Guiana Highlands ⓘ
economyIncludes handicrafts ⓘ
tourism-related activities ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Brazil ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to: British Guiana

Venezuela ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Pemón ⓘ
hasCollectiveRightsRecognizedBy Venezuelan constitution ⓘ
hasMythologyLinkedTo Angel Falls ⓘ
tepui ⓘ
language Pemon language ⓘ
languageFamily Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
locatedIn Bolívar state ⓘ
linked to: Bolívar State

southeastern Venezuela ⓘ
neighboringIndigenousPeoples Akawaio ⓘ
Arekuna ⓘ
Kapon ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of the Guiana Shield ⓘ
populationRegion Gran Sabana municipality ⓘ
primaryRegion Gran Sabana ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of Venezuela ⓘ
regionCharacterizedBy savanna ⓘ
table-top mountains ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
animism ⓘ
selfDesignation Pemon ⓘ
subgroupOf Carib peoples ⓘ
traditionalHousing palm-thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalKnowledge medicinal plants of the Gran Sabana ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Canaima National Park ⓘ
traditionalTransport dugout canoes ⓘ
usesAgriculturalTechnique slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pemon → selfDesignation → Pemon ⓘ
Kerepakupai Merú → indigenousPeopleAssociated → Pemon people ⓘ
linked to: Pemon
Pemon language → spokenBy → Pemon people ⓘ
linked to: Pemon
Pemon language → hasAlternativeName → Pemon-Carib ⓘ
linked to: Pemon
Southern Venezuela → hasIndigenousGroup → Pemon ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Venezuela
Gran Sabana → inhabitedBy → Pemon indigenous people ⓘ
linked to: Pemon
Gran Sabana Municipality → ethnicGroup → Pemon people ⓘ
subject linked to: Gran Sabana municipality
linked to: Pemon
Gran Sabana Municipality → indigenousCommunity → Pemon communities ⓘ
subject linked to: Gran Sabana municipality
linked to: Pemon
Patamona → relatedGroup → Pemon ⓘ
Taurepang → relatedGroup → Pemon ⓘ
Ingarikó → closelyRelatedTo → Pemon people ⓘ
linked to: Pemon
Río Churún → associatedWithIndigenousPeoples → Pemon people ⓘ
linked to: Pemon
Makuxi → relatedGroup → Pemon ⓘ
Guianan Carib → spokenBy → Pemon people ⓘ
linked to: Pemon
Makushi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Pemon people ⓘ
linked to: Pemon
Akawaio people → relatedEthnicGroup → Pemon people ⓘ
linked to: Pemon
Patamona people → relatedEthnicGroup → Pemon people ⓘ
linked to: Pemon