EQUALLY IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE RAINFOREST EXPERIENCE IS THE PEOPLE=THE ACHUAR. THEY HAVE ABOUT 2 MILLION ACRES OF RAINFOREST . THEY WERE THE LAST INDIGENOUS GROUP IN THE FOREST TO REMAIN ISOLATED FOR CENTURIES UNTIL THE EARLY 1970'S. THEY HAVE @ 2 MILLION ACRES OF RAIN FOREST. THEY HAVE FOUGHT FOR THEIR CONSERVATION. THEIR TRADITIONS ARE INTACT. THEY BELIEVE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT UNTIL THE 70'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 AND EVERY ANIMAL. HOW TO FISH , HUNT AND SOW THEIR CROPS. THE FOREST IS THEIR MOTHER.
THEY BELIEVE WHEN WE SOMEONE DIES PARTS OF THEIR BODIES REINCARNATE TO ANIMALS. SPECIAL "IWIACH" 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 COMMUNITIES THAT REPRESENT ABOUT 6000 ACHUAR. THEY LIVE ALONG THE PASTAZA RIVER. SOME LIVE IN PERU, THEY HVE LIVED HERE FOR THE 1000'S OF YEARS. THEY ARE WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR VAST KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT. THEY ARE GREAT LAND MANAGERS. THEIR NAME COMES FROM THE MORETA PALM TREE IN FLODDED REGIONS, AND SHUAR = PEOPLE.
THEY PRACTICED SLASH AND BURN. THIS MEANS THEY ESTABLISH NEW GARDEN PLOTS ON AREAS OF VIRGIN FORESTS. THEY USE IT FOR THREE YEARS. EACH FAMILY HAS AT LEAST ONE GARDEN. THEY GROW POTATOES, MANIOC, BANANAS, PALMS,GUABA, 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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