Watch the full documentary film, Isolated Amazon Tribes: Xingu Indians Of The Amazon, shows you contact with the an isolated tribe along the Xingu River. You will see ceremonies such as the Yamurikuma, Quarup, and many more. The Amazon Rainforest, also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, habitat to approximately one-third of all animal species in the world and isolated/uncontacted tribes such as the Xingu Peoples. Xingu Peoples: Tribe Information Xingu peoples are indigenous peoples of Brazil living near the Xingu River. They have many cultural similarities despite their different ethnologies. Xingu people represent fifteen tribes and all four of Brazil's indigenous language groups, but they share similar belief systems, rituals and ceremonies. Precolumbian History The Upper Xingu region was heavily populated prior to European and African contact. Densely populated settlements developed from 1200 to 1600 CE. Ancient roads and bridges linked communities were often surrounded by ditches or moats. The villages were pre-planned and featured circular plazas. Archaeologists have unearthed 19 villages so far. Post contact history Kuikuro oral history says European slavers arrived in the Xingu region around 1750. Xinuguano population was estimated in the tens of thousands but was dramatically reduced by diseases and slavery by Europeans. In the centuries since the penetration of the Europeans into South America, the Xingu fled from different regions to escape modernization and cultural assimilation. Nonetheless settlers made it up as far as the upper run of the Rio Xingu. By the end of the 19th century, about 3,000 natives lived at the Alto Xingu, where their current political status has kept them protected against European intruders. By the mid twentieth century this number had been reduced by foreign epidemic diseases such as flu, measles, smallpox and malaria to less than 1,000. Only an estimated 500 Xingu peoples were alive in the 1950s. The Brazilian Villas-Bôas brothers visited the area beginning in 1946, and pushed for the creation of the Parque Indígena do Xingu, eventually established in 1961. Their story is told in a film, Xingu. The number of Xingu living there in 32 settlements has risen again to over 3000 inhabitants, half of them younger than 15 years. The Xingu living in this region have similar habits and social systems, despite different languages. Specifically, they consist of the following peoples: the Aweti, Kalapalo, Kamaiurá, Kayapó, Kuikuro, Matipu, Mehinako, Nahukuá, Suyá, Trumai, Wauja and Yawalapiti. Xingu River Description: The Xingu River (Portuguese: Rio Xingu) is a 1,640 km (1,019 mi) river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River. The first Indian Park in Brazil was created in the river basin by the Brazilian government in the early 1960s. This park marks the first indigenous territory recognized by the Brazilian government and it was the world's largest indigenous reserve on the date of its creation. Currently, fourteen tribes live on the reserve surviving with natural resources and extracting from the river most of what they need for food and water. The Brazilian government is building the Belo Monte Dam, which will be the world's third-largest hydroelectric dam, on the Lower Xingu. Construction of this dam is under legal challenge by environment and indigenous groups, who assert the dam would have negative environmental and social impacts along with reducing the flow by up to 80% along a 100 kilometres (62 mi) stretch known as the "Big Bend" (Volta Grande). More than 450 fish species have been documented in the Xingu River Basin and it is estimated that the total is around 600 fish species, including many endemics. In the last 5 years alone, 21 new fish species have been described from the river. Many species are seriously threatened by the dam, including at least 26 fish species that are entirely restricted to the lower Xingu. More On Isolated Amazon Tribes 2015: In this series you will witness contact with an isolated Xingu Peoples/ Tribe. The Xingu people are a native tribe on the Xingu River, Brazil. Follow Us On: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/documentaryfilmshd Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/documentaryhd/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/documentaryfhd Amazon Rainforest 2015 Resources: Xingu Peoples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xingu_peoples Amazon Rainforest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_rainforest Xingu River: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xingu_River Uncontacted Amazon Tribes: Isolated Tribes Of The Amazon Rainforest Brazil 2015 (full documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXrQDk662uE Translations: Japanese: アマゾン, アマゾン河, アマゾンの熱帯雨林 Russian: Тропический лес Амазонки Амазонка река амазонка Spanish: río Amazonas, selva Amazónica, amazon pueblos indígenas aislados , documentales

• published: 11 May 2015
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