Yanomami

The Yanomami, also spelled Yąnomamö or Yanomama, are a group of approximately 35,000 indigenous people who live in some 200–250 villages in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Venezuela and Brazil.

Yanomami
Yanomami woman and her child, June 1997
Total population
approximately 35,339
Regions with significant populations
 Venezuela (southeastern)16,069 (2009)
 Brazil (northern)19,420 (2011)
Languages
Yanomaman languages
Religion
Shamanism
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