The Kayapo People are an indigenous group in the Amazon known as the "monkey people" due to their masks. They live in small villages of a dozen huts each in the eastern Amazon. While traditionally farmers who rotate cleared land, the Kayapo now face threats from diseases they have no immunity to, deforestation destroying their environment, and impacts of the modern world. To learn more about their culture like wearing lip plates and use of over 250 food plants, see the Wikipedia article listed.

1. The Kayapo People

2. General facts
• The name Kayapo means monkey people, based on their masks. The
live in the East of the Amazon. A village consists of a dozen huts.

3. Threats
• All tribes are threatened by the modern world. If not vaccinated, a
cold could kill them. Deforestation also threatens them.

4. Tradition
• They wear plates in their mouths. As farmers, they clear new land and
leave the old land to regrow. They use roughly 250 different food
plants.to find out more :
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayapo_people