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Jivaro

Jivaro

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A person from a native group living in the Amazon in Ecuador and Peru
  • proper noun
: jivaro
  • The Jivaro continue to practice their ancestral ways, despite the influences of modern society.

Examples

  • The explorer A. Simson, writing about the Jivaro Indians, reported in 1880, "We had great trouble to get two Indians to stand with us, as they have the idea that their soul is carried away in the picture; but they soon stopped.

    Academic text (1995)

  • I, too, left the field after supplying modern medical help (frontier-style) to the Jivaro or Shuar.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Plus, you get safe, germ-free delivery of anything you want, from your Albanian Aardvark to a Jivaro shrunken head.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • I watched her with eyes that had seen a Jivaro's Amazon and the Silk Road, with caravan dust climbing behind me, reaching into unused spaces of Asian sky.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • For example, the Jivaro Indian initiate of South America may spend days fasting and ingesting drugs until finally a spirit is seen (Eliade 1964).

    Academic text (1990)

  • During their journey, the researchers learned about the traditions of the Jivaro people in the Amazon.

  • Many visitors are curious about the customs of the Jivaro tribe and their rich cultural heritage.

Surface Forms

Jivaro main

Etymology

Jivaro is an outsider name that entered Spanish for the Shuar people of Ecuador and Peru, probably taken from a local word in the region. So a Jivaro is 'a member' of that indigenous group living in the Amazon.