GUAEJURO INDIANS

THE GUAJIARO LIVE IN COLUMBIA AND VENEZUELA. THEIR NAME IS SPANISH. THEY HAVE ABOUT THEY HAVE ABOUT 16,000 KM OF AREAS ON A PENNISULA. ABOUT 1/2 OF THE POPULATION LIVES ON THE VENEZUELAN SIDE. THE REGION HS BRUSH SAVANNAH AND DESERT ZONES. NO ONE HAS TAKEN CARE A CENSUS HAVE ABOUT 100,000 FOLKS. THE SPANIARDS REACHED THEIR COAST OF THEIR LAND IN 1500 A.D. THERE WERE SEVERAL COEXISTING IN GUAEJUROLAND. THEIR HOUSES WERE SEPARATED SEPARATED BY 10 M. THEY HAD NUCLEAR FAMILIES. THEY BUILD A WHERE HAMMOCKS ARE HUNG AT NIGHT; A KITCHEN OF WALLS AND CACTUSES.

THEIR MUCHIPALA HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE. THEY ARE SEVERAL KM FROM EACH OTHER. THEY ENTERTAIN VISITORS ON THEIR PORCHES THAT ARE COVERED. IN THE PAST , THE GUAJURO WAS A HUNTING, GATHERING, AND FISHNG CULTURE AND GREW SOME CROPS. TODAY IT IS
A STRONG HIERARCHICAL PASTORAL CULTURE. THEY HAVE LIVESTOCK FROM THE SPANISH IN THE
16TH CENTURY. THEY HAVE CATTLE AND HORSES. THE MISSIONARIES SPREAD THIS TYPE OF LIFE, BLACK SLAVES BY FORCE SETTLED AMONG THE GUAJIRO. THEY STILL KEEP CATTLE, SHEEP, SHEEP, GOATS, AS A SOURCE OF NOURISHMENT. HUNTING, FISHING, AND HORTICULTURE HAVE BECOME MARGINAL FOR WAGE LABOR. THE LIVESTOCK GO TO MARKET AND ARE A PRESTIGE ITEM. MULES ANDS HORSES ARE VALUED. THEY HAVE PRACTICALLY DISAPPROVED NOW. THE WEALTHY GUARARO BUY PICKUPS. IN THE LATE 1980'S 8 OF 10 SHAMANS WERE WOMEN.

THE GUAEJURO ARE INCLINED TO RELIGIOUS PRACTICES. CHRISTIAN RELIGION HAS MADE LITTLE IMPACT ON THEM. THEIR CONCEPT OF THE WORLD IS DUALISTIC. SHAMANS STILL CONTINUE TO CORROBORATE TRADITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS AND BELIEFS, BY CURING SICKNESS OR DISEASE OR FORETELLING THE SITE OF A NEW HOUSE. PREVIOUSLY A COLLECTIVE HORTICULTURE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A CEREMONY THAT HAS DIS APPOINTED . IT IS A GOOD DANCE WITY CURSES OF HORSE MEAT. TODAY A COUPLE DANCE TO THE BEAT OF A DRUM. IT IS ORGANIZED TO CELEBRATE AN ECONOMIC SUCCESS, THE VISIT OF AN IMPORTANT PERSON; THE END OF SECLUSION OF SOMEONE; AND OTHER EVENTS. IT IS PRESCRIBED BY A SHAMAN AT THE END OF A CURE.

SONGS CAN LAST FOR HOURS AND ARE A TRUE A TEST OF ENDURANCE. THEY HAVE TWO TYPES OF ENDURANCE. THEY HAVE TWO TYPES OF SICKNESS. BEYOND A CERTAIN THRESHOLD OF PAIN THE DOMESTIC TREATMENTS BY PLANTS ARE USED. IF THE CONDITION IS NOT USED HEALED THEN ITS CAUSE IS BELIEVED TO BE SUPERNATURAL. SHAMANS ARE USED TO HEAL PEOPLE. IF THIS DOES NOT WORK THEY GO TO DOCTORS.

ACCORDING TO THIS TRIBE WHEN PEOPLE DIE THEIR SOULS CROSS THE MILKY WAY AND GO TO A PENINSULA OF THE DEAD. THUS THEY ARE LOST. THEN AFTER MANY YEARS THEY COME BACK TO EARTH AS RAIN, ASSURING REJUVENATION OF LIFE AND VEGETATION.

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