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The Muras are an indigenous people who live in the central and eastern parts of Amazonas Brazil along the Amazon river from the Madeira to the Purus. They played an important part in Brazilian history during colonial times and were known for their quiet determination and subsequent resistance to the encroaching Portuguese culture. Formerly a powerful people they were defeated by their neighbors the Mundrucus in 1788.Of the original diversity of Muran languages only Pirahán survives today.
