A caboclo (or caboco, from Tupi kaa'boc, 'who came from forest') is a term used in Brazil describing a person of mixed Brazilian Amerindian and European descent. Old Tupi or Classical Tupi is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the native Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who lived close The Indigenous peoples in Brazil ( Portuguese: povos indígenas) comprise a large number of distinct Ethnic groups who inhabited the country prior to White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. In Brazil, a caboclo is a specific type of mestiço. Mestizo is a Spanish term that was coined during the Spanish Empire to refer to people of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry in Latin
There was a wave of caboclos created during the time of rubber soldiers, when young, primarily white Brazilian men were taken from North-Eastern Brazil and brought into the Amazonian interior to harvest rubber. The men were never granted permission to leave, and thus married locally.
Interestingly, the traditional caboclo populations in the Amazon region of Brazil are noted as voracious eaters of the açaí palm fruit. The açaí palm ( is a member of the genus Euterpe, which contains 7 species of palms native to tropical Central and South America, from In one study, açaí palm was described as the most important plant species because the fruit makes up such a major component of diet (up to 42% of the total food intake by weight) and is economically valuable in the region (Murrieta et al. , 1999).
The "Day of Caboclo" (Dia do Caboclo), on June 24, is an official date of the State of Amazonas. Amazonas (amaˈzonas is a state of Brazil, located in the northern part of the country
The term caboco is also used as an alternate term for the Orishas of the Candomblé religion. Candomblé (pronounced /kɐ̃dõˈblɛ/is an African-originated or Afro-Brazilian religion practiced chiefly in Brazil.
In anthropology, the term "caboclo" has been criticized as too vague and prejudmental for scientific use.
Reference
- Adams, C. , Murrieta, R. , & Neves, W. A. (2006). Sociedades caboclas amazônicas: modernidade e invisibilidade (1a ed. ). Sâo Paulo: Annablume. ISBN 8574196444 and ISBN 9788574196442
- Murrieta, R. S. S. , Dufour, D. L. , & Siqueira, A. D. (1999). Food consumption and subsistence in three Caboclo populations on Marajo Island, Amazonia, Brazil. Human Ecology, 27(3), 455-475.
- Nugent, S. (1993). Amazonian caboclo society: an essay on invisibility and peasant economy. Providence, RI: Berg. ISBN 0854967567
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