Pantaneiros, Ribeirinhos

The Pantaneiros are the long-established people who have lived in the Pantanal for several generations and have their own culture, which is essentially based on cattle breeding. They are closely linked to the biome. Their customs and culture originate from their environment with its cycle of flood and drought. The Ribeirinhos, a subgroup of the Pantaneiros, are the people who live by the river and identify more with the water than with the land. Their main occupation is fishing and not livestock farming.