Note: Tapirape are a tribe of about 80 people who do slash and burn agriculture. They all speak Portuguese, so research was done in Portuguese. The tribe has been dying out and the men have been intermarrying with women of other tribes. Tapirape are tropical forest agriculturalists who live in stable villages. Much ceremony is borrowed from other tribes. Men do clearing, hunting, and fishing (since introduction of metal hooks, women do some fishing). Women do horticulture. There is a moeity (division of tribe), but it plays no role in marriage selection. Men have work parties to which women bring food. They are very festive and enjoy singing and dancing (men do the dancing). Initiation ceremony during which boys wear headdress. Festival known as Aruana (men's house) was taken over from Karaju, but in that tribe the men's house is on the outskirts of the village - in Tapirape men's house is in the center. Men dance in rows of couple's facing each other. Women not supposed to sing while husband's side is singing but some do anyway. Festival of Kowianchi is a festival of redistribution of goods. Old man who used to be a shaman (shamanism no longer practiced) began the morning song.