ACHUVAR INDIANS IN PERU

THE ACHUVAR CULTURE IS INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT. THESE FOLKS LIVE IN THE PASTAZA, HUCASAGA, AND OTHER RIVERS. THEY HAVE ABOUT 77 ANCESTRAL COMMUNITIES AND 12,000PEOPLE. THEY THREE MAIN ORGANIZATIONS. THESE PEOPLE LIVE IN THE RAIN FOREST FOR CENTURIES UNTIL THE 1970'S. THEY HAVE TRADITIONS THAT ARE STILL IMPORTANT AND THEIR LAND IS UNTOUCHED BY LOGGING OR OIL COMPANIES. THEY HAVE MACAWS AND THEY HAVE FOUGHT FOR CONSERVATION. THEY LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL ANIMALS AND PLANTS HAVE HUMAN -LIKE ATTRIBUTES WITH A SOUL AND AN INDEPENDANT LIFE. ACCORDING TO THEM EVERY PLANT AND ANIMAL CAN BE UNDERSTOOD BY ITS OWN LANGUAGE AND THE ACHUAR UNDERSTANDS THEM.

THEY KNOW EVERY TYPE OF TREE AND EVERY ANIMAL SPECIES. THEY HAVE 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 REINCAARNATE INTO ANIMALS. THE IWIANCA ANIMALS ARE FORMS OF A PERSON'S SOUL. THESE ARE NEVER HUNTED OR EATEN BY THEM TO DO SO WOULD BE CANNALBALISM.

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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