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Yvy Marã E'ỹ
In Guarani mythology, ''Yvy marã e'ỹ'' (or, in Portuguese, ''terra sem males''; meaning "land without evils") refers to the paradise. It is a mythical land where there would be no hunger, wars or diseases. Nomenclature Guajupiá The final destination of the soul in Tupi Religion was allegedly called Guajupiá (Gûaîupîá, ûaîupîá), the "society of ancestors" ((), and it lay beyond the mountains. However, only one source, the French priest Claude d'Abbeville of the 17th century has attested to this indigenous name "Guajupiá" for the Land without Evil (''terra sem mal''). Characteristics The Tupinambá people believed in the existence of an or paradise for the dead, their version of Elysium, which was the realm of the Evil Spirit Anhanga.) This paradise was reached with the help of funeral rituals and welcomed only the deserving ones with military merit, i.e., those who had killed and eaten many enemies.: "l'immortalite des ames & que celles des plus vertueux (c'es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvy Marãe'ỹ
The Yvy Marãeỹ Foundation (, ) is an institution which advocates for Guaraní language, its diffusion, teaching and research. It is headquartered in San Lorenzo, Paraguay. It obtained its legal capacity in February 2007, per Decree No. 9184. Its vision is for a multilingual and intercultural Paraguayan society, promoting cultural and linguistic sovereignty, national identity, cultural and linguistic rights and social inclusion of all Paraguayans. The Foundation organized three International Seminars on Translation, Terminology and Minoritized Languages in 2016, 2017, and 2018. They have published IT dictionaries and reports, and they are currently collaborating in the translation of Facebook Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms, Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andre ... and other websites. The Yvy M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macaw
Macaws are a group of Neotropical parrot, New World parrots that are long-tailed and often colorful, in the Tribe (biology), tribe Arini (tribe), Arini. They are popular in aviculture or as companion parrots, although there are conservation concerns about several species in the wild. Biology Of the many different Psittacidae (true parrots) genus, genera, six are classified as macaws: ''Ara (bird), Ara'', ''Anodorhynchus'', ''Cyanopsitta'', ''Primolius'', ''Red-bellied macaw, Orthopsittaca'', and ''Red-shouldered macaw, Diopsittaca''. Previously, the members of the genus ''Primolius'' were placed in ''Propyrrhura'', but the former is correct in accordance with International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, ICZN rules. In addition, the related macaw-like thick-billed parrot is sometimes referred to as a "macaw", although it is not phylogenetically considered to be a macaw species. Macaws are native to Central America and North America (only Mexico), South America, and form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curt Nimuendajú
Curt Unckel Nimuendajú (born Curt Unckel; 18 April 1883 – 10 December 1945) was a German-Brazilian people, Brazilian ethnologist, anthropologist, and writer. His works are fundamental for the understanding of the religion and cosmology of some native Brazilian Indians, especially the Guaraní people. He received the surname "Nimuendajú" from the Apapocuva subgroup of the Guaraní people, meaning "the one who made himself a home", one year after living among them. Upon taking Brazilian citizenship in 1922, he officially added the Nimuendajú as one of his surnames. On his obituary, his Brazilian-German colleague Herbert Baldus called him "perhaps the greatest ''Indianista'' of all time". Life and work Nimuendajú was born in Wagnergasse 31, Jena, Germany in 1883 and he lost either one of or both his parents in his childhood. From an early age, he dreamed of living among a 'primitive people'. Still in school, together with other students they organized an 'Indian gang' to go hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tembé
The Tembé, also Timbé and Tenetehara, are an indigenous people of Brazil, living along the Maranhão and Gurupi Rivers, in the state of Amazonas and Pará. Their lands have been encroached and settled by farmers and loggers, who do so illegally, and the Tembé are working to expel the intruders from their territories. Name The Tembé call themselves Tenetehara, which means "people," or more specifically the Tenetehara people, of which the Tembé are the western subgroup and the Guajajara are the eastern subgroup. "Tembé" is thought to come from a neighboring tribe's word, ''timbeb'', which means "flat nose." Language Tembé people speak the Tembé language, a Tupi-Guarani language. It is mutually intelligible with the Guajajára language. Notes External linksTembé headdress collection of the National Museum of the American Indian The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apapocuva
The Apapocúva (Apapokuva), also known as the Nandeva, are an agricultural Tupian tribe of the Chiripá group of southern Brazil, living in the state of São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the .... Population: 500. References Ethnic groups in Brazil Indigenous peoples in Brazil {{Brazil-ethno-group-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west, to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country, to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River. Peru has Demographics of Peru, a population of over 32 million, and its capital and largest city is Lima. At , Peru is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 19th largest country in the world, and the List of South American countries by area, third largest in South America. Pre-Columbian Peru, Peruvian territory was home to Andean civilizations, several cultures during the ancient and medieval periods, and has one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chachapoya Culture
The Chachapoyas, also called the "Warriors of the Clouds", were a culture of the Andes living in the cloud forests of the southern part of the Department of Amazonas of present-day Peru. The Inca Empire conquered their civilization shortly before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. At the time of the arrival of the ''conquistadores'', the Chachapoyas were one of the many nations ruled by the Incas, although their incorporation had been difficult due to their constant resistance to Inca troops. Since the Incas and conquistadors were the principal sources of information on the Chachapoyas, little first-hand or contrasting knowledge of the Chachapoyas has been found. Writings by the major chroniclers of the time, such as Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, were based on fragmentary, second-hand accounts. Much of what is known about the Chachapoya culture is based on archaeological evidence from ruins, pottery, tombs, and other artifacts. Spanish chronicler Pedro Cieza de León note ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long and wide (widest between 18th parallel south, 18°S and 20th parallel south, 20°S latitude) and has an average height of about . The Andes extend from south to north through seven South American countries: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. Along their length, the Andes are split into several ranges, separated by intermediate depression (geology), depressions. The Andes are the location of several high plateaus—some of which host major cities such as Quito, Bogotá, Cali, Arequipa, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Sucre, Mérida, Mérida, Mérida, El Alto, and La Paz. The Altiplano, Altiplano Plateau is the world's second highest after the Tibetan Plateau. These ranges are in turn grouped into three majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Brazil
Colonial Brazil (), sometimes referred to as Portuguese America, comprises the period from 1500, with the Discovery of Brazil, arrival of the Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, kingdom in union with Portugal. During the 300 years of Brazilian colonial history, the main economic activities of the territory were based first on Paubrasilia, brazilwood extraction (brazilwood cycle), which gave the territory its name; sugar production (Brazilian sugar cycle, sugar cycle); and finally on gold and diamond mining (Brazilian Gold Rush, gold cycle). Slaves, especially those Atlantic slave trade to Brazil, brought from Africa, provided most of the workforce of the Brazilian export economy after a brief initial period of Indigenous slavery to cut brazilwood. In contrast to the neighboring Spanish America, Spanish possessions, which had several Viceroy, viceroyalties with jurisdiction initially over New Spain (Mexico) and V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrush (bird)
The thrushes are a passerine bird family, Turdidae, with a worldwide distribution. The family was once much larger before biologists reclassified the former subfamily Saxicolinae, which includes the chats and European robins, as Old World flycatchers. Thrushes are small to medium-sized ground living birds that feed on insects, other invertebrates, and fruit. Some unrelated species around the world have been named after thrushes due to their similarity to birds in this family. Characteristics Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds that inhabit wooded areas and often feed on the ground. The smallest thrush may be the shortwings, which have ambiguous alliances with both thrushes and Old World flycatchers. The lesser shortwing averages . The largest thrush is the great thrush at and ; the larger, commonly recognized blue whistling thrush is an Old world flycatcher. The Amami thrush might, however, grow larger than the great thrush. Most species are gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Manakin
The blue manakin or swallow-tailed manakin (''Chiroxiphia caudata'') is a small species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is found mainly in the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina. Its typical habitat is wet lowland or montane forest and heavily degraded former forest. Males have a bright blue body, black head wings and tail and a red crown. Females and juveniles are olive-green. At breeding time, males are involved in lekking behaviour when they sing and dance to impress females. This is a common species with a wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".Blue Back Manakins are widely found in the Main Ridge Forest Reserve on the Caribbean Island Tobago. Distribution and habitat This bird is found in north-eastern Argentina, southern and south-eastern Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland fores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spilotes Pullatus
''Spilotes pullatus'', commonly known as the chicken snake, tropical chicken snake, or yellow rat snake, is a species of large nonvenomous Colubridae, colubrid snake Endemism, endemic to the Neotropical realm, Neotropics. Taxonomy Subspecies Including the nominotypical subspecies, the following five subspecies are recognized: * ''S. p. pullatus'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 1758) * ''S. p. anomalepis'' Marie Firmin Bocourt, Bocourt, 1888 * ''S. p. argusiformis'' :fr:Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Amaral, 1929 * ''S. p. maculatus'' Amaral, 1929 * ''S. p.'' ''mexicanus'' (Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, Laurenti, 1768) Geographic range It is found in southern Mexico, Central America, northern and central South America, and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. Description Adults may attain a maximum total length of . Dorsally, ''S. pullatus'' is black with yellow spots which may form crossbands. The tip of the snout is yellow. The head shields may be mostly yellow, or mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
