Tawainen
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Tawainen, more frequently known as the Missão Tiriós (Tiriyó Mission) village, is an indigenous (Tiriyó
) village situated near the headwaters of the Western Paru river in Brazil, near the border with Suriname.
Tiriyó
The Tiriyó usually call themselves tarëno, etymologically 'people from here, local people'. They are approximately 2,000 and live in several major villages and a number of minor villages in the border zone between Brazil and Suriname...
) village situated near the headwaters of the Western Paru river in Brazil, near the border with Suriname.