Patamona

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The Patamona are an Indigenous people of the Guiana Highlands, primarily living in Guyana and Brazil, known for their distinct language, traditional subsistence farming, and rich forest-based cultural practices.

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Patamona canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
culturalPractice cassava processing ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
shamanic practices ⓘ
traditional herbal medicine ⓘ
diet cassava-based foods ⓘ
fish ⓘ
game meat ⓘ
economy small-scale trade ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Brazil ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
governance village councils ⓘ
housing thatched roofs ⓘ
wooden houses ⓘ
knowledgeSystem traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
language Patamona language ⓘ
languageFamily Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
locatedIn Amazon rainforest region ⓘ
linked to: Amazon rainforest

Guiana Highlands ⓘ
mainCrops bananas ⓘ
cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
sweet potatoes ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Guianas ⓘ
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Brazil ⓘ
Indigenous people of Guyana ⓘ
region Pakaraima Mountains ⓘ
interior Guyana ⓘ
relatedGroup Akawaio ⓘ
Makushi ⓘ
Pemon ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
animism ⓘ
selfIdentification Patamona people ⓘ
socialOrganization village-based communities ⓘ
threat environmental degradation ⓘ
land rights pressures ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering forest products ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ
transport river travel by canoe ⓘ
usesEnvironment forest-based livelihoods ⓘ

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