ACHUAR INDIANS IN PERU

ACHUAR CULTURE IS QUITE INTERESTING. THESE FOLKS LIVE IN PASTAZA HUASAGA AND OTHER RIVERS. THEY HAVE ABOUT 77 ANCESTRAL COMMUNITIES 12,500 PEOPLE. THEY HAVE THREE MAIN ORGANIZATIONS.ORGANIZATIONS AND 2 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS,

THESE PEOPLE LIVE IN AND WERE BORN IN THE RAIN FOREST. THEY WERE ISOLATED FOR CENTURIES UNTIL 1970'S. THEIR TRADITIONS ARE STILL IMPORTANT AND THEIR LAND IS UNTOUCHED BY LOGGING OR OIL COMPANIES.. THEY HAVE MACAWS AND THEY HAVE FOUGHT FOR FOR CONSERVATION.

THEY LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL ANIMALS AND PLANTS HAVE HUMAN-LIKE ATTRIBUTESWITH A SOUL AND AN INDEPENDANT LIFE. ACCORDING TO THEM EVERY PLANT AND ANIMALCAN BE UNDERSTOOD BY ITS OWN LANGUAGE AND THE ACHUAR UNDERSTAND THEM.

THEY KNOW EVERY TYPE OF TREE AND EVERY ANIMAL SPECIES. THEY KNOW WHERE TO FISH, HOW TO HUNT, AND WHEN TO SEED THEIR CROPS. THE FOREST IS THEIR MOTHER.

THE ACHUAR BELIEVE WHEN SOMEONE DIES SOME PARTS OF THEIR BODY WILL REINCARNATE INTO ANIMALS. THE IWIANCA ANIMALS ARE FORMS OF A PERSON'S SOUL. THESE ARE NEVER HUNTED OR EATEN BYTHEM. TO DO SO WOULD BE CANNABALISM. THEY KNOW EVERY 500 SPECIES OF BIRDS IN THEIR FOREST. EACH PERSON KNOWS EACH TREE AND CAN EXPLAIN THEIR MEDICINAL AND PRACTICAL USES. THEY HAVE EXPERT GUIDES OR BIOLOGISTS TO GIVE YOU VALUABLE INFORMATION.

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