Bororo - Bororo (English spelling)

Japanese: ボロロ - ぼろろ(英語表記)Bororo
Bororo - Bororo (English spelling)
An indigenous tribe in the state of Mato Grosso in western Brazil. Once a powerful tribe, they are now divided into three groups, and their total population has drastically decreased to about 900 (1994). They speak Bororo, which is close to Ge. Their occupations are slash-and-burn cultivation, hunting, fishing, and gathering, but slash-and-burn cultivation is the most important as game and fish for hunting have decreased. The village is large and circular, consisting of a central square surrounded by a ring of houses. The village is divided into two parts, north and south, by an exogamous matrilineal half-tribe, each of which is further divided into four exogamous matrilineal clans.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ブラジル西部,マト・グロッソ州の先住民部族。かつては強大な部族であったが,現在は3グループに分かれ,総人口は約900人(1994)に激減している。言語はジェ語に近いボロロ語。生業は焼畑耕作,狩猟,漁労,採集であるが,狩りの獲物,魚が減ったため,焼畑耕作が最も重要である。村は大きな円形で,中央広場とそれを取り巻く家の輪からできている。村は外婚母系半族(双分組織)によって南北二つに分割され,そのおのおのがまた四つの外婚母系クラン(氏族)に分割されている。

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