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A people of the Carib language family, linguistically
and culturally different from their Yanomami neighbors,
they are also known in Brazil as Maiongong. When the Ye’kuana
wish to refer to themselves, they use the word So’to,
which can be translated as "people", "person".
"Ye’kuana", in turn, can be translated
as "canoe people" or even "people of the
branch in the river". |
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01:: Ye´kuana women during a fishing expedition
from the community of Auaris, Roraima. photo: Ana
Gita de Oliveira, 1974.
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