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KADIWÉU   
Photo: Acervo do Museu do Índio, 1948.
 

Other name: Ejiwajigi (auto-denomination)

Where they live:
Mato Grosso do Sul

How many people:
1592 (in 1998)

Language:
of Guaicuru famíly

The Kadiwéu, known as 'horsemen Indians' due to their riding skills, preserve in their mythology, art and rituals the way of life of a society polarized between masters and captives. A warrior people, they fought for Brazil in the Paraguayan War, an event that - as they tell - led to recognition of their lands.

Mônica Thereza Soares Pechincha
Universidade de Brasília
(doctoral course in Anthropology)
monica@unb.br
March 1999

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