Asurini

The Asuriní of the Tocantins, also known as Akuáwa, speak a language of the Tupi-Guarani family. Their accounts recall an earlier home near the Xingu, where their ancestors and the Parakanã once formed one people. Between the Xingu and the Tocantins, forest communities hunted, fished and planted gardens; the Trocará stream joins the Tocantins in the country associated with the Asuriní.