EQUALLY IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE RAINFOREST EXPERIENCE IS THEIR PEOPLE - THE ASCHUAR.
THEY HAVE 2 MILLION AACRES OF RAIN FOREST . THEY WERE THE LAST INDIGENOUS GROUP IN THE FOREST TO REMAIN ISOLATED FOR CENTURIES UNTIL THE EARLY 1970'S. THEY HAVE FOUGHT FOR THEIR CONSERVATION. THEIR TRADITIONS ARE INTACT. THEY BELIEVE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT UNTIL THE 1970'S. ALL PLANTS AND ANIMALS HAVE HUMAN-LIKE ATTRIBUTES WITH A SOUL. THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE UNDERSTOOD BY THEM. THEY KNOW EACH TYPE OF TREE AND EVERY ANIMAL. HOW TO FISH AND HUNT, SOW THEIR CROPS. THE FOREST IS THEIR MOTHER.
THEY BELIEVE WHEN SOMEONE DIES PART OF THEIR BODIES REINCARNATE TO ANIMALS - SPECIAL "IWIANCHI" ANIMALS ARE NEVER HUNTED. THE ANCHUAR ARE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE 500 SPECIES OF BIRDS. THEIR NATURALISTS ARE EXPERT GUIDES.
THEY ARE ORGANIZED IN A FEDERATION OF 64 CONSUME THAT REPRESENT ABOUT 6000 ACHUAR. THEY LIVE ALONG THE PASTAZA RIVER. SOME LIVE IN PERU. THEY HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 1000'S OF YEARS. THEY ARE THEY ARE WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT. THEY ARE GREAT LAND MANAGERS. THEIR NAME COMES FROM THE MORETA PALM TREE IN FLOODED REGIONS AND SHUAR = PEOPLE.
THEY PRACTICE SLASH AND BURN. THIS MEANS THEY MADE NEW GARDEN PLOTS IN AREAS OF VIRGIN FOREST. THEY USE IT FOR THREE YEARS. AND THEN MOVE IT TO A NEW AREA. EACH FAMILY HAS AT LEAST MANIOC, BANANAS, PALMS, GUAVA, MEDICINAL AND NARCOTIC PLANTS.
THEY HUNT FISH, AND GATHER FOODS. THEIR MOST IMPORTANT BEVERAGE IS NINA-MANCH, KNOWN AS CHICHA. IT IS A FERMENTED DRINK OF MANIOC. WOMEN SERVE IT TO GUESTS.
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