Wayampi people

The Wayapi, also: Oyampi, are a tribe of South American Indians of the lowland language group Tupi- Guarani. With approximately 10,000 persons Wayapi presented in the 18th and 19th centuries, one of the main population selcetion Other Indian tribes feared the Wayapi, organized as a militant, cruel warriors were - cannibals. Today, live from the many thousands Wayapi only 500 in Guyana. 300 were able to get their former isolation. Their villages are located in the headwaters of Oyapock. This forest area was declared off-limits by the government. Strangers is strictly prohibited the entry.

1979 survived the Austrian Elfie Stejskal eleven months at the Wayapi Indians. Your memories she has published in a book.

  • Indigenous people in South America
  • Tupi- Guarani languages
  • French Guiana
  • Indigenous people in Brazil
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