THE BAKAIRI IN BRAZIL SPEAK CARRIBAN LANGUAGE. AND ABOUT 500 PEOPLE LIVE THERE. THEY LIVE ON A RESERVATION AND CONSIDER THEMSELVES INDIANS WITH SEPARATE CULTURAL TRADITIONS THEY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN KARAIWA AND NONINDIANS AND BAKAKARI. THE LATER PREFER PORTUGUESE AND MARRY NONINDIANS. THEY DEVIATE FROM THEIR TRADITIONS. THEY LIVE IN CENTRAL BRAZIL IN PARATINGA ON A RESERVATION WHICH IS ISOLATED. THEIR ROADS ARE POOR AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO TRAVEL. THE RIVERS PROVIDE WATER FOR WASHING CLOTHES, DRINKING, AND BATHING. THEIR GARDENS ARE CULTIVATED. ABOUT 5% OF THEIR lANDS ARE A DRY PRAIRIE. THEIR CLIMATE IS HOT AND HUMID.
THEY HAVE 259 PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE.. THE STRUCTURE OF THE PEOPLE IS GROWING SLOWLY. THEY HAVE RANCHES. LARGE AGRRICULTURAL BUSINESSES HAVE PENETRATED THE REGION.
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