J.Cheng
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The Kuikuro is today, the people with the largest population in the Upper Xingu. They are a sub-system with other Carib groups who speak dialectal variants of the same language (Kalapalo, and Matipu Nahukwá) and make the multilingual system known as the Upper Xingu, in the southern IT Xingu Indigenous Park. In the history of formation of this system, the Carib peoples are considered as important as aruak (Waura and Mehinaku), although it confers on its aruak initial matrix. Kuikuros are the producers of the famous snail necklaces and belts by which continue to play a specific role in the traditional system of trade and payments system of the upper Xingu. For other cultural and social aspects, such as shamanism, cosmology and rituals or celebrations, the Xingu Indigenous Park section presents elements that are also among the Kuikuro.
Precision
The Kuikuro is today, the people with the largest population in the Upper Xingu. They are a sub-system with other Carib groups who speak dialectal variants of the same language (Kalapalo, and Matipu Nahukwá) and make the multilingual system known as the Upper Xingu, in the southern IT Xingu Indigenous Park. In the history of formation of this system, the Carib peoples are considered as important as aruak (Waura and Mehinaku), although it confers on its aruak initial matrix. Kuikuros are the producers of the famous snail necklaces and belts by which continue to play a specific role in the traditional system of trade and payments system of the upper Xingu. For other cultural and social aspects, such as shamanism, cosmology and rituals or celebrations, the Xingu Indigenous Park section presents elements that are also among the Kuikuro.