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Ticuna
Indigenous people of Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the language, see Ticuna language.
The Ticuna (also Magüta, Tucuna, Tikuna, or Tukuna[2]) are an indigenous people of Brazil (36,000), Colombia (6,000), and Peru (7,000). They are the most numerous tribe in the Brazilian Amazon.[1]
Quick Facts Regions with significant populations, Brazil ( Amazonas) ...
![]() Ticuna people in Amazonas, Brazil, ca. 1865, by Albert Frisch. | |
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![]() ( ![]() | 36,377 (2009)[1] |
![]() | 8,000 (2011)[1] |
![]() | 6,982 (2007)[1] |
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Ticuna[2] | |
Religion | |
Shamanism, Christianity |
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