The Yawalapiti (also Jaulapiti, Yaulapiti, or Yawalapití) are an indigenous tribe in the Amazonian Basin of Brazil.[2] The name is also spelled Iaualapiti in Portuguese. The current village Yawalapiti is situated more to the south, between the Tuatuari and Kuluene River. Their population in 2011 was 156,[1] down from a 2010 population of 237 (2010) but up from a low of 25 in 1954.
The Yawalapiti live in the Xingu Indian Park,[1] in Upper Xingu region along with Kiabi, Yudja and Suya tribes. The ways of life of these four tribes are quite similar despite having different languages. Their villages are situated around Lake Ipavu, which is six kilometres from the Kuluene River.
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The Yawalapiti (also Jaulapiti, Yaulapiti, or Yawalapití) are an indigenous tribe in the Amazonian Basin of Brazil. The name is also spelled Iaualapiti...
Aritana Yawalapiti (15 July 1949 – 5 August 2020) was a Brazilian cacique (tribal chieftain) of the Yawalapiti indigenous tribe of Brazil inside the Xingu...
Kayapó, Kuikuro, Matipu, Mehinako, Nahukuá, Suyá, Trumai, Wauja and Yawalapiti. The different tribes comprising the Xingu have not been reported to battle...
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Brazil Two women of the Zo'é tribe of Pará State, Brazil In Brazil, the Yawalapiti—an Indigenous Xingu tribe in the Amazon Basin—practice a funeral ritual...
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wrestling. Huka-huka, style of wrestling practiced by the indigenous Yawalapiti people of the Amazon basin. Professional wrestling combines athletics...
tribe, the Yawalapiti, was forced to do the same. This tribal migration forced a political shift in the upper Xingu region. The Yawalapiti gave the Mehinaku...
unclassified, but unattested; the only reports are that the Agavotaguerra speak Yawalapiti. In addition, Ethnologue classifies Aikanã, Uamué and Xukurú, all of Brazil...
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distance runner (1956). Chip White, 73, American jazz drummer. Aritana Yawalapiti, 70–71, Brazilian indigenous rights activist, cacique, and ecologist,...
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