THEIR ARE ABOUT 1800 INDIANS IN ECUADOR, CHIEFLY IN PICHINECHUA PROVINCE AND ESPECIALLY IN SANTA DOMINGO OF THE COLORADO.. THEIR LANGUAGE IS OF THE CHIBCHAN FAMILY. THEIR NAME COMES FROM THEIR PRACTICE OF DYING THEIR HAIR RED WITH EXTRACT OF ACHIOTE. IN 1900 THEY HAD 3000 FOLKS, BUT THEIR POPULATION HAS DECLINED. THIS AREA IS NOW HEAVILY SETTLED ON BY WHITES AND THE COLORADO OR TSATATCHELI OFTEN WORK FOR THE NEWCOMERS AS LABORERS ON THEIR PLANTATION.
THEY TRADITIONALLY LIVED THROUGH SUBSISTENCE HORTICULTURE, AND NOW MANY RAISE CATTLE, OR ARE LABORERS IN TOWNS AND CITIES. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CREATED RESERVATIONS FOR THEM. BY THE 1900'S THEY MADE PLAINTAIN THEIR STAPLE CROP. EACH FAMILY OWNS 1000'S OF TREES. THEY PLANT CITRIS, YAMS, PEPPERS, CACAO, NEAR THEIR HOUSES AND PLANT RICE, CORN, MANIOC, PINEAPPLEIN A DISTANT FIELD. THEY FISH USING A POISONOUS PLANT AND MEDICINAL PLANTS.
THEY USE VARIOUS METHODS COLLECT FISH. THEY HUNTED TRADITIONALLY WITH BLOWGUNS. THEY RAISE PIGS, CHICKENS, GUINEA PIGS AND DOGS. MEN AND WOMEN SHARE THE LABOR IN CULTIVATION, HARVEST AND TRANSPORTATION, OF PRODUCTS TO MARKET. MEN CLEAR THE FIELDS, HUNT, FISH AND WEAVE COTTON GOOODS. WOMEN TAKE CARE OF CHILDREN AND DO DOMESTIC CHORES.
EACH OF THE FAMILIES LIVE IN SEPARATE HOUSES. THEIR IS NO VILLAGE. THEY ARE ECONOMICALLY SELF SUFFICIENT. THEY LACK WALLS AND HAVE THATCHED ROOFS.
THEIR CHILDREN ARE INDULGED. WHEN THE BOY REACHES 10 HIS NOSE IS PIERCED IN A SHAMAN RITUAL AND PAINTS HIS BODY. GIRLS MARRY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER PUBERTY. THEIR RELIGION HAS UNDERGONE THREE MAJOR INFLUENCES - TRADITIONAL HIGHLAND, QUECHUA, AND CATHOLIC.
CATHOLICISM HAS THE MOST VISIBLE INFLUENCE. BUT TRADITIONAL BELIEFS CONCERNING THE SUPERNATURAL AND CREATION MYTH ENDURES. SHAMANS CURE BY REMOVING THE EFFECTS OF WITCHCRAFT.
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