Old Tupi or classical Tupi (also spelled as Tupí) is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the aboriginal Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil.It belongs to the Tupi–Guarani language family, and has a written history spanning the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries. In the early colonial period, Tupi was used as …

Tupi–Guarani (pronunciation (help · info)) is the name of the most widely distributed subfamily of the Tupian languages of South America.It includes fifty languages, including the best-known languages of the family, Guarani and Old Tupi. The words petunia, jaguar, piranha, ipecac, tapioca, jacaranda, anhinga, carioca, and capoeira are of Tupi–Guarani origin.

Guarani are a group of culturally-related people indigenous peoples of South America.They are distinguished from the related Tupi by their use of the Guarani language.The traditional range of the Guarani people is in present-day Paraguay between the Paraná River and lower Paraguay River, the Misiones Province of Argentina, southern Brazil once as far east as Rio de Janeiro, …

Early period. In pre-European times, the area that is now São Paulo state was occupied by the Tupi people's nation, who subsisted through hunting and cultivation. The first European to settle in the area was João Ramalho, a Portuguese sailor who may have been shipwrecked around 1510, ten years after the first Portuguese landfall in Brazil. He married the daughter of a local …

Capoeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [kapuˈe(j)ɾɐ]) is a Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music. It was created by enslaved Africans in Brazil and developed by their descendants. at the beginning of the 16th century. It is known for its acrobatic and complex maneuvers, often involving hands on the ground and inverted kicks.

The Pirahã (pronounced [piɾaˈhɐ̃]) are an indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. They are the sole surviving subgroup of the Mura people, and are hunter-gatherers.They live mainly on the banks of the Maici River in Humaitá and Manicoré in the state of Amazonas.As of 2018, they number 800 individuals. The Pirahã people do not call themselves Pirahã but …

The Piper PA-28 Cherokee is a family of two-seat or four-seat light aircraft built by Piper Aircraft and designed for flight training, air taxi and personal use. The PA-28 family of aircraft comprises all-metal, unpressurized, single-engined, piston-powered airplanes with low-mounted wings and tricycle landing gear.They have a single door on the right side, which is entered by stepping on …

Os povos indígenas do Brasil compreendem um grande número de diferentes grupos étnicos que habitam o país desde milênios antes do início da colonização portuguesa, que principiou no século XVI, fazendo parte do grupo maior dos povos ameríndios.No momento da chegada dos portugueses ao Brasil, os povos nativos eram compostos por povos seminômades que …

Quechua (/ ˈ k ɛ tʃ u ə /, US also / ˈ k ɛ tʃ w ɑː /; Spanish: ), usually called Runasimi ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with an estimated …

Mate or maté (/ ˈ m æ t eɪ /) also known as chimarrão or cimarrón, is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink.It is made by soaking dried leaves of the Yerba mate Ilex paraguariensis, in hot water and is served with a metal straw in a container typically made from a calabash gourd (the mate proper), but also in some areas made from a cattle horn (guampa).