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unusual facts about Indigenous peoples in Brazil


Plinia edulis

The name is derived from an indigenous word for jar, cambuci, due to the tree's fruit resembling a type of water container, which some would say is "flying saucer"-shaped.


Karl von den Steinen

Karl von den Steinen (born March 7, 1855 in Mülheim, died November 4, 1929 in Kronberg im Taunus) was a German physician (with emphasis in psychiatry), ethnologist, explorer, and author of important anthropological work, which is particularly to the study of Indian cultures of Central Brazil, and the art of the Marquesas.

Nova Friburgo

Up to the 19th century, the region of the present Nova Friburgo was inhabited by coroado purí Indians.


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