Trio people

E618494

The Trio people are an Indigenous Amerindian group of the Guiana Shield region, primarily living in the rainforests of southern Suriname and northern Brazil, known for their traditional subsistence practices and rich oral culture.

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Trio people canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian ethnic group ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tarëno ⓘ
Tiriyó ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
cosmologyFeature spirit world beliefs ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
culturalTransmission oral teaching across generations ⓘ
cultureFeature rich oral tradition ⓘ
traditional shamanism ⓘ
environment rainforest rivers and creeks ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Brazil ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
hasOralCulture legends ⓘ
myths ⓘ
ritual narratives ⓘ
housingType communal houses ⓘ
language Trio language ⓘ
languageFamily Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
mainAreaInBrazil northern Brazil ⓘ
mainAreaInSuriname southern Suriname ⓘ
mainCrops cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
plantains ⓘ
neighboringPeoples Akurio people ⓘ
Waiwai people ⓘ
linked to: Wai-Wai people

Wayana people ⓘ
primaryHabitat tropical rainforest ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn Brazil ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
region Guiana Shield ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
socialOrganization village-based communities ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
body ornamentation ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
traditionalFishingMethods fish poison ⓘ
nets ⓘ
traditionalHuntingTools blowguns ⓘ
bows and arrows ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering forest products ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
uses slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ

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