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 Ribeirinho dwellings | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 7,105,000 (2020)[ citation needed ] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Brazil | |
| Languages | |
| Portuguese |
The ribeirinhos are a traditional rural population in the Amazon rainforest, who live near rivers. Their main activities are fishing and farming on a small scale, for their own use. They usually live in pile dwellings and travel by motor boats called voadeiras. [1]
Anthropologist Charles Wagley described the ribeirinhos in terms of their high state of adaptation to their tropical riverine environment, pointing to the continuity between indigenous groups and ribeirinhos with regards to agricultural techniques and knowledge of the forest. [2] [3]