Wai-Wai

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The Wai-wai (or Waiwai) are an ethnic group of Guyana and northern Brazil.

The Wai-wai in Guyana live in the far south of the country, near the headwaters of the Essequibo River.

The Umana Yana in Georgetown, Guyana, takes its name from the Wai-Wai for "meeting place".

There are approximately 200 Wai-wai in Guyana and 2000 in Brazil. In Brazil, they mostly reside in Terra Indígena Wai-wai, Terra Indígena Trombetas-Mapuera and Terra Indígena Nhamundá-Mapuera.

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