Aimoré people
Nation | Active
1000 CE to 2057 CE
The Aimoré (Aymore, Aimboré) are one of several South American peoples of eastern Brazil called Botocudo in Portuguese (from botoque, a plug), in allusion to the wooden disks or tembetás worn in their lips and ears.
Some call themselves Nac-nanuk or Nac-poruk, meaning "sons of the soil".
The last Aimoré group to retain their language are the Krenak.
The other peoples called Botocudo were the Xokleng and Xeta.
The Brazilian chief who is presented to King Henry VIII in 1532 wears small bones hung from his cheeks and from the lower lip a semi-precious stone the size of a pea.
These are the marks of great bravery.
When the Portuguese adventurer Vasco Fernando Coutinho reaches the east coast of Brazil in 1535, he erects a fort at the head of Espírito Santo Bay to defend himself against the Aimorés and other tribes.
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