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Daily News Analysis ‘MASCHO PIRO TRIBE’: 19 July

Survival International, an NGO promoting indigenous rights, has made public some extremely rare images of the Mashco Piro tribe in southeast Peru.

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About Mascho Piro Tribe:

  • Nomadic hunter-gatherers, who live in the Amazon jungles of Madre de Dios, near Peru’s borders with Brazil and Bolivia.
  • They are among the largest uncontacted tribes, with an estimated population of approximately 750 people.
  • Peru’s government has banned contact with the Mashco Piro to prevent the spread of diseases among the population to which they have no immunity.
  • The tribe is highly reclusive, with most information about them coming from the neighboring Yine people.

Why in News?

  • Survival International, an NGO promoting indigenous rights, has made public some extremely rare images of the Mashco Piro tribe in southeast Peru.