BOLIVIA INDIANS IN ECUADOR

HUARAY INDIANS LIVE IN MADRE DIOS AND PARTNER WITH THE BOLIVIAN DEPARTMENT OF THE ANDES. THEIR NAME DATES TO THE TIME OF INCA RULE. SINCE THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY THESE PEOPLE HAVE MANY SUBGROUPS. THEY LIVE IN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MADRE DE DIOS RIVER TO THE ANDEAN SLOPES. THE REGION HAS MANY RIVERS

DURING THE 1900'S THEY HAD ABOUT 3000 FOLKS. THEIR PAY HAS SINCE DECREASED. THERE IS NO ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF THESE PEOPLE . THEY HAD CONTACT BETWEEN THE HUAREY AND THE INCA EMPIRE. THE HURRAYO COLLECT INCA YOUTHS FOR SERVICE IN THE INCA ARMY. THEY KNEW WEAVING , GREW CORN USED A SLING.

HURRAYO CONTACTS WITH WESTERNERS BEGAN IN 1539. THE EXPEDITION OF MERCEDIAN MISSIONARIES COME TO THE AREA OF HUARRAYO IN 1587. BY 1700'S THEY MOVED TO RIO MADRE DE DIOS UNDER GREAT PRESSURE TO ASSIMILATE TO THE WESTERN WAYS. A SECOND WAVE OF RUBBER BOOM. IN 1941 HAD A HARMFUL OFFICE UPON THE HUAUPON THE THE HUARAYO. BY 1960 THY MOVED TO THE VILLAGE OF PALMOREAL IN THE PAST THEY LIVED IN COMMUNAL HOUSES, BUT TODAY THEY HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES. THEY USE PALM LEAF THATCH FOR FOR THE FLOOR.

THEY ARE HUNTERS AND FISHERS AND MANY GROW CROPS THAT THEY SELL IN MARKET. IN ORDER TO MARRY A YOUNG MAN HE HAS TO SERVE HIS PARENTS IN LAW FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND PROVIDE THEM FOOD. FOR SEVERAL YEARS! THEY MADE FABRIC FROM POUNDING BARK BEATEN WITH A WOODEN CLUB!

THEY TRADED WITH THE INCA. WOMEN HELP WITH PLANTING AND HARVESTING. CHRISTIANITY IS NOT ESPECIALLY ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS. THEY FEAR EVIL SPIRITS. THE SHAMAN IS IMPORTANT AND HE MEDITATES BETWEEN LIVING PEOPLE AND SOULS OF THE DEAD.

THE SHAMAN IS A HEALER AND SEER. HE IS WITH AN EXTENSIVE MEDICINAL HERB KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS PASSED TO HIS ELDEST SON. BY MEANS OF HIGH PITCHED WHISTLING THE ULCERS OF A PATIENT OPEN AND WORMS JUMP OUT!

IN THE PAST THE HUARAYO DRANK AYAHUACA AND REACHED A DREAM STATE. THE SHAMAN EXPLAINED THE DREAMS AND INTERPRETED WHO OR WHAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ILNESS. TODAY THEY NO LONGER HAVE FERMENTED DRINKS. TODAY THEY BELIEVE A DISEASE IS THE THORN OF THE CHONTA PALM SENT INTO A VICTIM'S BODY OR BY SHAMANIC MEANS. THEY BLOW TOBACCO FUMES OVER THE PATIENT SINGING AND MASSAGING THE AFFECTED PART OF THE BODY. THEY MAY SUCK A THORN FROM THE BODY AND DESTROY IT.

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