Zoʼé
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 Albert Abril in the Amazon, with a Zoʼé family | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 256[1] (2010) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (Error creating thumbnail: Pará) | |
| Languages | |
| Zoʼé[2] | |
| Religion | |
| traditional tribal religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Wayampi |
The Zoʼé people are a native tribe in the State of Pará, Municipality of Óbidos, on the Cuminapanema River, Brazil.[3] They are a Tupi–Guarani[4] people.[5]
Name
[edit | edit source]They are also known as the Poturu, Poturujara, or Buré. The term "Zoʼé" means "us", as opposed to non-Indians or enemies. The term "Poturu" is the type of wood used to make the embe'po labrets which they wear.[1]
Language
[edit | edit source]The Zoʼé language belongs to Subgroup VIII of the Tupi-Guarani language family.[2]
Culture
[edit | edit source]All Zoʼé wear the poturu, a wooden plug piercing the bottom lip. The Zoʼé have a tradition where new fathers have the backs of their calves cut with the 'tooth of a small rodent'. The marriage rituals of the Zoʼé are complex and not fully understood. It is not known how many wives or husbands one is allowed to have. Many women practice polyandry. One or more husbands may be "learning husbands": young men learning how to be good spouses, in exchange for hunting for the rest of the family.
In the state of Para, Northern Brazil, in one of the last still largely unexplored rainforests in the world, a new tribe, the Zoʼé, was recently contacted. They live between the Amazon River and the country of Suriname. The Zoʼé are part of the Tupi linguistic group. Little is known about them. They are semi-nomadic hunters and gatherers. Their favorite prey is monkey, which is plentiful in the region during the dry season. During the rainy season, the Zoʼé rely on a root plant called manioc, which must be processed into flour to avoid its poisonous properties.
In film
[edit | edit source]The Salt of the Earth documents the work of photographer Sebastião Salgado including his photographs of the Zoʼé.
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b "Zoʼé." Instituto Socioambiental: Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Retrieved 4 April 2012
- ^ a b "Zo’é." Ethnologue. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Carelli, Vincent, and Dominique T. Gallois. Meeting ancestors The Zoʼe. [Brazil]: Centro de Trabalho Indigenista, 1993.
External links
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- Associação de Apoio Mobilizado ao Povo Zo’é e Outras Etnias (Association of mobilized support to the Zoʼe people and other ethnicity) Archived 2019-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Korean) 아마존의 눈물(Tears of Amazon) – MBC 2010 special documentary
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