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The Fulni-ô live currently in the municipality
of Águas Belas, in the interior of the State of
Pernambuco, in the area known as Sertão (semi-arid
interior), 273 kilometers west of the State capital, Recife.
The Ipanema River, a tributary of the São Francisco
River, crosses the region where Águas Belas is
located from north to south. In 1980, the municipality’s
population was 37,057, of which 11,714 lived in the city
proper and 25,343 in the rural area – which includes
the Indian village.
The surface of the area belonging to the Fulni-ô
is 11,506 hectares.
The life of the Fulni-ô takes place in
two villages. One of them is located near the town of
Águas Belas. It is there that the Fundação
Nacional do Índio – National Foundation
for the Indians – (Funai), the Brazilian government’s
official organ for Indian Affairs, is located; the other
is where the sacred Ouricuri ritual is held and the
Fulni-ô stay in months of September and October.
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