Warao people

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The Warao people are an Indigenous group of the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela, traditionally known for their stilt-house riverine settlements, canoe-based transportation, and subsistence fishing and gathering.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Warao 9
Warao people canonical 9
Warao culture 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
culturalRegion Orinoco Delta region ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Delta
dietStaple fish ⓘ
palm products ⓘ
environment flooded forests ⓘ
mangrove swamps ⓘ
river channels ⓘ
ethnonym Warao ⓘ
linked to: Warao people
healthChallenges infectious diseases ⓘ
historicalLifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
language Warao language ⓘ
languageFamily Warao language isolate ⓘ
livelihood subsistence economy ⓘ
migrationPattern cross-border migration to Brazil ⓘ
cross-border migration to Guyana ⓘ
internal migration within Venezuela ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of Venezuela ⓘ
indigenous peoples of the Orinoco Basin ⓘ
populationEstimate tens of thousands ⓘ
primaryRegion Orinoco Delta ⓘ
primaryWaterways Orinoco River Delta channels ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn Venezuela ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
syncretic Christianity ⓘ
riverineCulture true ⓘ
settlementPattern riverbank settlements ⓘ
stilt-house villages ⓘ
threats climate change ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ
oil industry impacts ⓘ
traditionalCraft basket weaving ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
hammock weaving ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalHousingLocation over water ⓘ
traditionalMaterial palm leaves ⓘ
palm wood ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
small-scale horticulture ⓘ
traditionalTransportation canoes ⓘ
usesCanoesFor fishing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transportation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Orinoco Delta → inhabitedBy → Warao people ⓘ
Bolívar State → hasEthnicGroup → Warao ⓘ
linked to: Warao people
Warao language → spokenBy → Warao people ⓘ
Warao language → hasDialects → eastern Warao ⓘ
linked to: Warao people
Warao language → ethnicGroup → Warao people ⓘ
Warao people → ethnonym → Warao ⓘ
linked to: Warao people
Southern Venezuela → hasIndigenousGroup → Warao ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Venezuela
linked to: Warao people
Pemón → neighboringIndigenousPeoples → Warao ⓘ
linked to: Warao people
Guarao → spokenBy → Warao people ⓘ
Guarao → ethnicGroup → Warao ⓘ
linked to: Warao people
Guarao → hasAlternativeName → Warao ⓘ
linked to: Warao people
Guarao → associatedWith → Warao culture ⓘ
linked to: Warao people
Warrau → spokenBy → Warao people ⓘ
Warrau → alternativeName → Warao ⓘ
linked to: Warao people
Warrau → hasEthnicPopulation → Warao ⓘ
linked to: Warao people
Guarauno → alternateName → Warao ⓘ
linked to: Warao people
Guarauno → spokenBy → Warao people ⓘ
Guarauno → ethnicGroup → Warao people ⓘ