- Mascho Piro
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The Mascho Piro are an indigenous tribe of hunter-gatherers believed to inhabit remote regions of the Amazon rainforest. Not very much is known about the tribe due to their extremely reclusive nature, and many doubt their existence. Some estimate that the group numbers around 600 people.
In September 2007, a group of ecologists filmed about 20 members of the Mascho Piro tribe from helicopter flying above the Alto Purús national park. The group had established camp on the banks of the Las Piedras river near the Peruvian and Brazilian border. Scientists believe that the tribe prefers to construct palm-leaf huts on riverbanks during the dry season for fishing. During the wet season, they retreat to the rain forest.
Similar huts were spotted in the 1980s.
References
- Carroll, Rory. "Sighting of Amazon group bolsters environmentalist case". The Guardian. 3 October 2007.
- Wade, Terry and Marco Aquino. "Little-known Indian tribe spotted in Peru's Amazon". Reuters. 28 September 2007.
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