Description: The Matses or Mayoruna tribe is a native indigenous Amazonian tribe located on the border of Brazil and Peru in the Amazon Rainforest. Speaking a language in the Pano linguistic family, their indigenous Amazonian culture is similar in many aspects to the Matis and Korubo tribes
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Indigenous People of the Amazon Native Amazonian Tribe Click Here to Visit the Matses Photo Gallery Some of the most traditional and fascinating Amazonian tribes are located in the Javari River Valley on the border of Peru and Brazil. The Matses tribe still live primarily as hunters-gatherers and practice traditional Amazonian ceremonies. This photo gallery contains some wonderful images of the Matses people and their rituals. In no other region of the Amazon Rainforest will you encounter such trad
he Matsés people are a native indigenous tribe from the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon Rainforests south to the more commonly known Native American Tribes . At present the biggest threat to the Matsés and their indigenous Amazonian communal territory is poaching by mestizos (non-native Peruvians and Brazilians), logging and oil companies. The Matses Native Community is located in the region of the Yavari (Javari in Portuguese), Chobayacu and Gálvez rivers on the border of Peru with Brazil. The Matsés people
The Matsés (commonly referred to as Mayorunas or Mayurunas in Brazil) speak a northern Panoan language which is closely related to the dialects of the Matis and Korubo Indian tribes. During the last 30 years, the Matsés have significantly changed their semi-nomadic way of life by settling in more permanent communities. Formerly, they would move their communities every few years after exhausting the resources of an area. Although they have changed their settlement pattern, they still rely on the rainforest
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