 E'ñepá man selling handicraft, 2008 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4.688 (2011)[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Panare language | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Pemon • Ye'kuana |
The Panare, who call themselves E'ñepá, are an indigenous group of people living in the Amazonian region of Venezuela. Their heartland is located in the Cedeño Municipality, Bolívar State, while a smaller community lives in Northern Amazonas State. They speak the Panare language, which belongs to the Carib family.
While Western culture has had a moderate influence on other tribes of the region, the Panare retain much of their culture and tradition, resembling that of the North American natives in the late 1800s and the early 1900s.
The first ever episode of the long-running ITV anthropological television series Disappearing World, in 1970 focused on these people.[2]
- ^ "XIV Censo de Población y Vivienda 2011 | Resultados Población Indígena" (PDF). ine.gov.ve (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | A CLEARING IN THE JUNGLE (1970)". Archived from the original on 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2012-12-19.