For hundreds of years, the Amazonian rainforest has served as a giant refuge for thousands of indigenous people. Tribes among these people are formed based on differences in culture, language, and geographical makeup.
The northwestern side of the Amazon Rainforest, which passes through Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela, shelters around 22 different ethnic groups. The 65,000 people belonging to these 22 different indigenous groups speak different languages. However, such differences are woven together by common threads such as festivities, inter-tribal marriages, rituals, and trade.
The Alto Xingu region in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso shelters 14 ethnic groups that together forms a larger community. Ten out of these 14 indigenous tribes differ in the language used but share the same river, culture, marriage customs, rituals, and trade. The remaining four tribes also share basic commonalities and do not maintain close ties with other groups. There are various other similarly isolated tribal congregates that survive within the Amazon Rainforests.
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