Yaruro people
Pumé | |
|---|---|
Savanna Pumé man & woman in the Venezuelan llanos on a hunting and gathering trip | |
| Total population | |
| 7,269 (2001) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Venezuela | |
| Languages | |
| Pumé, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| traditional tribal religion |
The Yaruro people (or Pumé, according to their self-determination) are a Circum-Caribbean indigenous people, native to the ecoregion of Llanos in Venezuela, located west of the Orinoco River. The Pumé people are divided into two subgroups: The River Pumé, living along major river drainages of the Orinoco River, and the more nomadic Savanna Pumé that reside on the Llanos.