Guarani peoples

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The Guarani peoples are an indigenous group of South America, primarily inhabiting regions of Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia, known for their distinct language, rich cultural traditions, and historical influence on the region’s identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
continent South America
country Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Paraguay
culturalPractice communal land use
shamanism
shifting cultivation
slash-and-burn agriculture
yerba mate cultivation
historicalEvent Jesuit reductions in Paraguay
historicalInteraction Jesuit missionaries
Portuguese colonizers
Spanish colonizers
influenced Paraguayan culture
Paraguayan national identity
regional toponymy in South America
language Guarani language
linked to: Guaraní
languageFamily Tupian languages
languageStatus co-official language of Paraguay (Guarani)
region Gran Chaco
Paraná River basin
linked to: Paraná River
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
traditional Guarani religion
socialOrganization extended family groups
village communities
struggle environmental conservation
land rights
protection of ancestral territories
subgroup Chiriguano (Ava Guarani)
Kaiowá Guarani
linked to: Mbyá Guarani

Mbyá Guarani
Paraguayan Guarani
linked to: Guaraní

Ñandeva Guarani
threat agribusiness expansion
deforestation
land dispossession
traditionalArt basketry
dance
featherwork
music
wood carving
traditionalCrop beans
maize
manioc
squash
traditionalFood chipa
mbeyú
tereré

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Pre-Columbian era includesCivilization Guarani peoples
Guaraní ethnicGroupAssociated Guaraní people
linked to: Guarani peoples
Guaraní hasVariety Mbyá Guaraní
linked to: Guarani peoples
Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region participant Indigenous peoples of the Río de la Plata region
linked to: Guarani peoples
Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region participant Guaraní peoples
linked to: Guarani peoples
Misiones Province historicalInhabitants Guaraní people
linked to: Guarani peoples
Sirionó people relatedEthnicGroup Guaraní people
linked to: Guarani peoples
Paraguayan guaraní namedAfter Guaraní people
linked to: Guarani peoples
Tarija Department hasEthnicGroup Guaraní people
linked to: Guarani peoples
Spanish–Native American wars opposedBy Guaraní people
linked to: Guarani peoples
Tupian languages ethnolinguisticGroup Guarani peoples
Chiriguano (Ava Guarani) partOf Guarani cultural area
linked to: Guarani peoples
Jesuit reductions in Paraguay appliesToEthnicGroup Guaraní people
linked to: Guarani peoples
Ñandeva Guarani subgroupOf Guarani people
linked to: Guarani peoples
Ñandeva Guarani partOfBroaderGroup Guarani nations
linked to: Guarani peoples
Santa Fe La Vieja archaeological site associatedWithEthnicGroup Guaraní peoples
linked to: Guarani peoples
Governorate of Paraguay ethnicGroups Guaraní peoples
linked to: Guarani peoples
Querandí people neighboringGroup Guaraní people
linked to: Guarani peoples
Charrúa people neighboringGroup Guaraní people
linked to: Guarani peoples
Payaguá people neighboringGroup Guaraní people
linked to: Guarani peoples