CHORATE INDIANS IN THE BOLIVIA

THE MAIN CHORATE MEANS "THOSE EAT DOVES". THEY ARE RIVER PEOPLE. THEY CLIMATE IS TROPICAL OF A DRY RAINY TYPE. THE CHOROTE LANGUAGE IS OF THE MACA FAMILY. IN 1980 THEY HAD 1200 FOLKS.

THEY HAD FREQUENT INTERMARRIAGE WITH NEIGHBORS. THEY HAD SOME HOSTILE RELATIONS. THE CHACO WERE BETWEEN PARAGUAY AND BOLIVIA WAS IN 1932 TO 1935. IT IMPELLED CHOROTE TO MOVE CONTINOUSLY. THEY WERE FORCED TO SETTLE IN MISSIONS.

IN ABORIGINAL TIMES THE CHORATE HAD TWO TYPES OF SETTLEMENTS - SEMI SEDENTARY VILLAGES FOR RAIN AND TEMPORARY CAMPS FOR DRY SEASON. THEIR MOST DENSELY SETTLED VILLAGES WERE ON THE BANKS OF PILCO MAYO RIVER. THE HUTS WERE IN A CIRCLE AND ACCESS OPENINGS WERE ORIENTED TO A CENTRAL PLAZA WHERE RITUALS AND SPORTS TOOK PLACE. DURING THE DRY SEASON THEY BUILT TEMPORARY CAMPS.

IN SETTLING THE CHOROTE IN MISSIONS AND PREVENTING MULTI-ETHNIC SETTLEMENTS. THEIR CIRCULAR PATTERN OF VILLAGES WAS REPLACED BY A LINEAR TYPE OF PATTERN. THEIR HUTS WERE EVENTUALLY REPLACED BY MODERN MATERIALS. THEY DID NOT ALLOW MARRIAGE WITHIN THE BAND. IT WAS PROHIBITED. THE SCOPE OF EXOGAMY EXTENDED TO FRIENDLY FOLKS. THESE FOLKS DID NOT MARRY WITH THEIR BAND. DIVORCE CAN BE INITIATED BY EITHER SPOUSE.

THE DOMESTIC UNIT WITH YOUNG CHILDREN WERE THE ARTICULATION OF THEIR SOCIAL SYSTEM. THE MATRILOCAL FAMILY INVOLVES INCLUDES THREE GENERATION. CHILDREN WERE RAISED PERMISSIVELY AND GRANDPARENTS WERE FORMALLY THE MAIN SOCIALIZING AGENTS. THE ELDERS GIVE THEM INFORMAL ADVICE.

THE CHAROTE HAVE TRADITIONAL BELIEFS IN CHAOS THAT EXISTED IN MYTHICAL TIMES AND PRINCIPALS, OF ORDER IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES. THEY STILL HAVE ANCIENT RELIGIOUS IDEAS THAT ARE MIXED WITH CHRISTIAN BELIEF.

THEIR ORIGINAL NATIVE BELIEF WAS IN A GROUP OF DEITIES THAT PERSONIFY CHAOS AND ORDER OF EMPHASIZING EITHER THE TRICKSTER OR A GOOD BENEFICIAL OUTCOME. SUCH ARRANGEMENT IS THE OUTCOME OF EMPHASIZING EITHER THE TRICKSTER OR A GOOD BENEFICIAL OUTCOME.

THE RELIGIOUS ROLES WERE ACQUIRED THROUGH THE CHANNEL OF A SHAMAN. THEY DELIGHTED IN A CAROB FIEST AS A TRADITIONAL CEREMONY TO ENHANCE GROUP
SOCIOBILITY. MISSIONARIES WERE SHOCKED AT THESE ASPECTS. THE FEMALES WENT THROUGH
A FEMALE INITIATION. THERE WERE DRINKS, SCALPS, VIXTORY DANCES, AND DANCES OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

THEIR MEDICINE WAS FOR A SICKNESS THAT RESULTED FROM SOME MANIFESTATION OF SOME VITAL PRINCIPAL BY A SHAMAN'S MALEVOLENCE OR TABOO. THE CURING RITUAL OF SHAMAN'S AND ELDERS FEATURE MAGIC FLIGHT. THEIR CURING RITUALS IN WHICH SHAMANS AND ELDERS COLLABORATE FEATURES MAGICAL FLIGHT AND FIGHT/HELPING SPIRITS AND MASSAGING. THESE PRACTICES WERE REPRESENTED BY BY THE MISSIONARIES BUT SHAMANIC PRACTICES HAVE BEEN RIVIVED SINCE THE 1980'S. AND EXIST WITH MODERN MEDICINE.

THEY BELIEVE DEATH AND ACCESS A CERTAIN STATE OF BEING AND TRANSFORMING TO NE OF A CLASS OF MAINLY NEGATIVE DEITIES. THAT LIVE IN A SUBTERRANEAN WORLD.

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