Txapakura

The Chapacuran-speaking peoples of the Guaporé and Mamoré basin, on the border of Brazil and Bolivia, are best known through the Wariʼ, whose name means we, the people, and who traditionally lived in semi-nomadic riverside villages that they moved at least once every five years.

In the traditional Wariʼ view, being human is defined against game animals. Hunted animals can also count as human, since they sometimes act as predators, and the human body is a poor guide to who someone is, for it can be drawn into another being's point of view and changed into it. Tales warn of a mother whose child spotted a jaguar's tail between her legs.