News of this people
- Manifestantes ocupam canteiro de Belo Monte e pedem regulamentação de convenção da OIT
02/05/2013 - Indígenas ocupam canteiro de obras de Belo Monte contra hidrelétricas na Amazônia
02/05/2013 - Com orçamento de R$ 609 milhões, Funai tem apenas 17 pessoas no licenciamento
17/04/2013
Inhabited lands
- Arara
- Cachoeira Seca do Iriri
Foto: Michel Pellanders, 1987
Arara
- Other names
Arara do Pará - Where they are
PA - How many
361 (Siasi/Sesai, 2012) - Linguistic family
Karib
Introduction
The Arara became infamous for their bellicosity and the trophies they used to capture from the bodies of enemies - heads for flutes, tooth necklaces and face scalps. But for a long time too the ease with which they have interacted with the outside world, and even their incorporations of strangers into the native world, have called attention to other aspects of their way of life. The virtual overlap between their passion for warfare and their continual disposition for establishing supportive and generous relations seems to have been a feature of an Arara world that today has given way to contacts and relations with the non-indigenous world.
