caboclo
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- noun
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caboclo
- The caboclo community relies on fishing and small-scale farming for their livelihood in the Amazon.
Examples
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Divisions over such things as the desirability of an extractive reserve, adherence to locally imposed fishing restrictions, and logging are all complicated by the weak social bonds among the caboclos of the region.
Academic text (1996) -
Despite these differences, there are important similarities between the specific groups of Tlingits and caboclos I examined.
Academic text (1996) -
They formed the basis for the modern riverine mixed-race peasants called caboclos in the Portuguese-speaking Amazon and ribereños in the Spanish areas.
Academic text (2001) -
Many caboclos maintain traditional practices while adapting to modern ways of life in Brazil.
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The heritage of caboclos is deeply tied to the lush forests and rivers of their homeland.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Caboclo comes from the Tupi language and meant 'from the forest', which helps you picture someone born in the forest communities. So, a caboclo is a person from those rural, mixed Indigenous and European groups in Brazil.