Cinta Larga
Matetamãe | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 1,954 (2014) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Brazil ( Rondônia Mato Grosso) | |
| Languages | |
| Cinta Larga | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional tribal religion |
The Cinta Larga (or Cinturão Largo) are a people indigenous to the western Amazon Rainforest of Brazil, numbering almost 2,000. Their name means "broad belt" in Portuguese, referring to large bark sashes the tribe once wore. The tribe is famous for shadowing Theodore Roosevelt's Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition, making no contact.