Wai-wai people
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The Wai-wai (also written Waiwai or Wai Wai) are a Carib-speaking Indigenous people of Guyana and northern Brazil. Their society consists of different lowland forest peoples who have maintained much of their cultural identity with the exception of Christianity which was introduced to them in the late 1950s.
Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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2,672 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brazil | 2,502 (2014)[1] |
Guyana | 170 (2006)[1] |
Languages | |
Wai Wai language Various local languages | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Animism |
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The Umana Yana in Georgetown, Guyana, takes its name from the Wai-Wai for "meeting place".