Pemon

E128248

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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Pemon canonical 7
Pemon people 2
Pemon-Carib 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 (10)

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