CHOROTE INDIANS ARE IN PARAGUAN. THEY CALL THEMSELVES " YOXVAXA" MEANING THOSE WHO EAT DOVES. IN 1650'S THEY LIVED IN SOUTHERN CHACO ALONG THE RIVER. THEY WERE FORCED TO MOVE IN LATE COLONIAL TIMES TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER. THEIR CLIMATE IS TROPICAL. THEY ARE PART OF THE MATACA. IN 1980 THEY HAD 1200 FOLKS.
DURING THE 1900'S OF THEIR NEIGHBORS WERE HOSTILE. THE BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT SENT OUT TROOPS TO PACIFY THIS TERRITORY. MORE CATTLE RANCHERS OCCUPIED THEIR TERRITORY AND BROUGHT THEIR UNITS INTO CONTACT WITH THE DOMINANT SOCIETY. THE CHACO WAR IN THE 1930'S IMPELLED THE CHOROTE TO MOVE CONTINUOSLY, AND THEY SETTLED IN MISSIONS IN ARGENTINA AND PARAGUAY. BY 1980 THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZED THE CHOROTE TO MOVE CONTINUOUSLY AND THEY SETTLED IN MISSIONSIN ARGENTINA AND PARAGUAY. BY 1980 THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZED THE NATIVE TERRITORY. SOME OF THE LAND WAS CEDED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
THEIR HOUSES WERE OF TWO TYPES: SEMI-SEDENTARY VILLAGES IN THE RAINY SEASON. THEIR DENSEST VILLAGES WERE ALONG THE RIVER BANKS. THE HUTS WERE IN A CIRCLE WITH AN OPENING TO THE PLAZA. DURING THE DRY SEASON THEY WENT TO TEMPORARY CAMPS. SOME OF THEM WERE IN MISSIONS. THEIR CIRCULAR ANCIENT VILLAGE WAS REPLACED BY A LUNAR PATTERN AS THEY MADE HOUSES OF MODERN DAY MATERIALS.
THEY DID NOT MARRY WITHIN THE TRIBE. THEIR MATRILOCAL FAMILY LINCLUDED 3 GENERATIONS 3 GENERATIONS. THE NUCLEAR FAMILY IS THE RESULT OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND WAGE EARNING SINCE THE 1900'S.
GRANDPARENTS WERE IMPORTANT TO THE FAMILY AS SOCIAL AND FOR TEACHING CHILDREN LEGENDS. THIS GIVES THE PARENTS A BREAK IN CONTINUAL CHILD RAISING. THE CHOYOTE RELIGIOUS BELIEF IS EXPRESSED THROUGH A DIALECTIC BETWEEN PRINCIPALS OF ORDER IN CONTEMPORARY TIME AND CHAOS IN MYTHICAL TIMES. THEY HAVE COMBINED NATIVE AND CHRISTIAN BELIEF. THEIR NATIVE BELIEF WAS IN A GROUP OF DIETIES. SOME WERE TRICKSTERS AND OTHERS WERE VERY ORDERLY.
ROLES OF RELIGIOIN WERE ACQUIRED THROUGH THE CHANNEL OF SHAMANISM. THE ANGELICAN MISSIONS LED A RIVALRY BETWEEN MODERN LEADERS. THEY HAVE CEREMONIES THAT HAVE MUCH DEBATE. THEY SERVE AND MAINTAIN A PERSON'S FULFILLMENT AND WAY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE MUSIC AND DANCING.
ILLNESS IS CAUSED BY BOTH NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENON AND MAY BE CURED ACCORDINGLY WITH THE HELP OF MEDICINE OR A CURER. THEIR MEDICINES ARE DERIVED FROM PLANTS, FLOWERS, AND A CURER. WESTERN MEDICINES ARE PRESCRIBED BY CLINICAL DOCTORS AS WELL AS ANCIENT METHODS.
THEY BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION AND INCLUDE SOME FOOD AND OTHER ITEMS WITH THEM FOR THEIR JOURNEY.
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