Tuesday, March 27, 2012
CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING SPIRIT CREEK
THIS WEEKEND OF SPRING EEQINOX WE RECEIVED A SPECIAL BLESSING BEFORE WE CLEANED UP THE CREEK. THERE WERE ALL AGES WHO JOINED THIS GROUP. THEY OPENNED WITH SAGE CEREMONY WITH THE BEATING OF A DRUM. THEY USED A LARGE SAGE INCENSE IN AN ABALONE SHELL. I HELPED INSTRUCT THE KIDS ABOUT POISON OAK, SOAPROOT, ACORNS AND BUCKEYES AND HOW WE USED TO USE THESE PLANTS IN PREHISTORIC TIMES. I ASKED THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE LEAVES AND PINE CONES WE ALL HAD FUN AND GOT SOME EXCITEMENT . SOME TEENAGERS WALKED BY AND WERE DRINKING BEER AS WE WERE CPICKING UP ALL KINDS OF TRASH. WE EVEN FOUND A GROCERY CART INTHE CREEK!, THERE WAS A BIOLOGIST THERE WHO WAS TEACHING THE KINDS ABOUT SOME SMALL INSECTS AND WATER CREATURES HE CAUGHT IN A CONTAINER. WE ALL HAD FUN AND MET NEW PEOPLE.
Monday, March 26, 2012
GAIS GARDEN RESTUARANT
THIS RESTAURANT IS IN THE OLD SECTION OF DOWNTOWN SANTA ROSA IN FRONT OF COMMUNITY MARKET AND USUALLY HAS A SMALL COMMUNITY TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT. THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF ORGANIC FOODS MADE WITHOUT MEAT. THEY ARE IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY MARKET. WHENEVER I GO THERE THEY HAVE A NICE VENUE OF A SMALL BAND, GUITAR SINGER, OR STRING ENSEMBLE TO ENTERTAIN CUSTOMERS. THEIR ATMOSPHERE IS SIMILAR TO AN OLD TYPE OF COFFEE HOUSE. I APPRECIATE THE QUAINT ATMOSPHERE.
THE FIRST OWNERS DECIDED TO COOK PRIMARILY INDIAN FOOD. THEY ALSO HAVE COMEDIANS, POETRY AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS. THEY HAVE A GOOD LOOKING VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GARDEN IN FRONT OF THE RESTUARANT. THEY ALSO HAVE GOOD ART SHOWS ON THE WALLS.
THE FIRST OWNERS DECIDED TO COOK PRIMARILY INDIAN FOOD. THEY ALSO HAVE COMEDIANS, POETRY AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS. THEY HAVE A GOOD LOOKING VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GARDEN IN FRONT OF THE RESTUARANT. THEY ALSO HAVE GOOD ART SHOWS ON THE WALLS.
GUAMBIANO INDIANS
GUAMBIANO INDIANS ARE IN COLUMBIA. THEY CALL THEMSELVES PEOPLE OF GAMBIA. THE OTHER PEOPLE CALLED THEMSELVES PEOPLE OF GUAMBIA. THE OTHER PEOPLE CALL PEOPLE IN THE ENVIRONS. OF SILVA, A SMALL TOWN. SOME LIVE ON MOUNTAINOUS FOOTHILLS OF 3000 M WITH COLD AND RAINY TEMPERATURES. THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION OF 130 CM. FORMERLY THEY HAD MORE VEGETATION. THEIR AGRICULTURE TECHNICIANS HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR PRIMARY NATURAL VEGETATION. CUTTING DOWN THE WOODLANDS HAS REDUCED THEIR NATIVE VEGETATION THEY COLLECT AS WELL AS ANIMALS.
IN 1980 THERE WERE ABOUT 18,000 GUAMBIANO. THEY SPEAK GUAMBIANO. THEY SPEAK GUAMBIANO A PART OF THE CHIBCHA LANGUAGE. MANY ALSO SPEAK SPANISH, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH. THEY RESIST LOSING THE CHIBCHA LANGUAGE.
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IN 1980 THERE WERE ABOUT 18,000 GUAMBIANO. THEY SPEAK GUAMBIANO. THEY SPEAK GUAMBIANO A PART OF THE CHIBCHA LANGUAGE. MANY ALSO SPEAK SPANISH, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH. THEY RESIST LOSING THE CHIBCHA LANGUAGE.
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GUAJIRO INDIANS
THE GUAJIRO IS OF SPANISH ORIGIN WHO LIVE IN COLUMBIA AND VENEZUELA. THEY HAVE ABOUT 16,000 SQ. KM IN A BRUSH SAVANNAH WITH DESERT ZONES. THE RAIN COMES IN THE WINTER. THEY HAVE A DRY SEASON THERE DRY SEASON IS ALL SUMMER. THEY SPEAK ARAWAK LANGUAGE. THEIR POPULATION IS ABOUT 100,000. THE SPANISH REACHED THE COAST OF GUAYIROLAND IN
1499. THERE WERE ABOUT 7 SUBGROUPS. THEY SLEEP IN HAMMOCKS.
IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY A NUCLEAR FAMILY SHARES THE SAME HOUSE. THEY BUILD LARGE COMMUNAL HOUSES FOR CEREMONIES AND MEETINGS CALLED MIICHIPALA. THEY HAVE GARDENS, SHEEP AND GOATS PENS. THEIR SOCIETY WAS EGALITARIAN. BASED ON AGRICULTURE, GATHERING, HUNTING, AND FISHING. TODAY IT IS STRONGLY PASTORAL. IN THE 1500'S THE FIRST LIVESTOCK ARRIVED. THE GUAJIRO BECAME WIDESPREAD AND THEY WERE FOSTERED BY MISSIONARIES. THERE WERE BLACK SLAVES WHO SETTLED AMONG THE GUAJIRO. ALL OF THE SIERRA KUSINA HAS CATTLE, SHEEP, AND GOATS FOR THEIR MAIN LIVELIHOOD. HORTICULTURE, HUNTING, AND FISHING WERE LESS IMPORTANT FOR WAGE LABOR FOR MESTIZO FAMILIES IN CITIES. PREVIOUSLY HORSES AND MULES WERE THE MOST VALUED.
WOMEN WEAVE HAMMOCKS OF COTTON, WITH RICH MOTIFS AND BEETS. THEY CHROCHET SMALL BAGS THAT THEY SELL AT LOCAL MARKETS.. MEN MAKE SANDALS AND SELL WOOLEN RUGS USING A BLANKET TECHNIQUE.
FOR CENTURIES THE GUARJIRO HAVE SOLD BRAZILWOOD TO MAKE DYES AND SKINS. MANY OF THEIR SHAMANS WERE WOMEN. MOST COUPLES LIVE WITH THE WIFE'S FAMILY AND IT CAN CHANGE. RICH MEN CAN BE POLYGYNOUS.
THE GUAJIRO ARE NOTR INTERESTED IN RELIGIOUS PRACTICES. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN IN CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS. THEY BELIEVE IN A CULTURE HERO WHO WAS EATEN BY A JAGUAR. MALEIWA, THEIR CULTURE HERO REJECTED JAGUAR IN THE WILDERNESS. HE CREATED HUMANS AND IS TODAY OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE. THEY BELIEVE IN SEVERAL SUPERNATURAL BEINGS. THEY ALSO BELIEVE IN GHOSTS OF THE DEAD WHO CAN CAUSE ILLNESS.
THIER GOAT DANCE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A CEREMONY. THEIR GARDEN WORK HAD A CEREMONY AS WELL. SHAMANS USE TRADITIONAL BELIEFS BY CURING SICKNESS OR FORETELLING THE FUTURE. TODAY THE YANNA DANCE IS A COLLECTIVE DEMONSTRATION. IT MAY CELEBRTAE SUCCESS, THE TREND , THE END OF A PERIOD OF SECLUSION. AT THE END OF A PERIOD OF SECLUSION. ATTHE END OF A CURE THEY DANCE. FUNERALS ARE THEIR MOST IMPORTANT CEREMONIES.
THEY SING SONGS FOR HOURS. THE GUAJIRO HAVE TWO TYPES OF SICKNESS. IF THE DOMESTIC TREATMENT BY PLANTS AND FIRE BRANDS ARE INEFFECTIVE. THEN IT IS CAUSED BY SUPERNATURAL MEANS. TRADITIONALLY ONLY SHAMANS COULD ASSURE A CURE. TODAY MANY INDIANS FOLLOW DOCTORS AT HEALTH CENTERS OR GO TO HEALERS.ACCORDING TO TO THE GUAJIRO HUMAN SOULS CROSS THE PATH OF THE DEAD. THEN THEY ARE LOST. IN A LONG TIME THEY COME BACK TO EARTH AS TO ASSURE VEGETATION IN LIFE.
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1499. THERE WERE ABOUT 7 SUBGROUPS. THEY SLEEP IN HAMMOCKS.
IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY A NUCLEAR FAMILY SHARES THE SAME HOUSE. THEY BUILD LARGE COMMUNAL HOUSES FOR CEREMONIES AND MEETINGS CALLED MIICHIPALA. THEY HAVE GARDENS, SHEEP AND GOATS PENS. THEIR SOCIETY WAS EGALITARIAN. BASED ON AGRICULTURE, GATHERING, HUNTING, AND FISHING. TODAY IT IS STRONGLY PASTORAL. IN THE 1500'S THE FIRST LIVESTOCK ARRIVED. THE GUAJIRO BECAME WIDESPREAD AND THEY WERE FOSTERED BY MISSIONARIES. THERE WERE BLACK SLAVES WHO SETTLED AMONG THE GUAJIRO. ALL OF THE SIERRA KUSINA HAS CATTLE, SHEEP, AND GOATS FOR THEIR MAIN LIVELIHOOD. HORTICULTURE, HUNTING, AND FISHING WERE LESS IMPORTANT FOR WAGE LABOR FOR MESTIZO FAMILIES IN CITIES. PREVIOUSLY HORSES AND MULES WERE THE MOST VALUED.
WOMEN WEAVE HAMMOCKS OF COTTON, WITH RICH MOTIFS AND BEETS. THEY CHROCHET SMALL BAGS THAT THEY SELL AT LOCAL MARKETS.. MEN MAKE SANDALS AND SELL WOOLEN RUGS USING A BLANKET TECHNIQUE.
FOR CENTURIES THE GUARJIRO HAVE SOLD BRAZILWOOD TO MAKE DYES AND SKINS. MANY OF THEIR SHAMANS WERE WOMEN. MOST COUPLES LIVE WITH THE WIFE'S FAMILY AND IT CAN CHANGE. RICH MEN CAN BE POLYGYNOUS.
THE GUAJIRO ARE NOTR INTERESTED IN RELIGIOUS PRACTICES. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN IN CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS. THEY BELIEVE IN A CULTURE HERO WHO WAS EATEN BY A JAGUAR. MALEIWA, THEIR CULTURE HERO REJECTED JAGUAR IN THE WILDERNESS. HE CREATED HUMANS AND IS TODAY OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE. THEY BELIEVE IN SEVERAL SUPERNATURAL BEINGS. THEY ALSO BELIEVE IN GHOSTS OF THE DEAD WHO CAN CAUSE ILLNESS.
THIER GOAT DANCE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A CEREMONY. THEIR GARDEN WORK HAD A CEREMONY AS WELL. SHAMANS USE TRADITIONAL BELIEFS BY CURING SICKNESS OR FORETELLING THE FUTURE. TODAY THE YANNA DANCE IS A COLLECTIVE DEMONSTRATION. IT MAY CELEBRTAE SUCCESS, THE TREND , THE END OF A PERIOD OF SECLUSION. AT THE END OF A PERIOD OF SECLUSION. ATTHE END OF A CURE THEY DANCE. FUNERALS ARE THEIR MOST IMPORTANT CEREMONIES.
THEY SING SONGS FOR HOURS. THE GUAJIRO HAVE TWO TYPES OF SICKNESS. IF THE DOMESTIC TREATMENT BY PLANTS AND FIRE BRANDS ARE INEFFECTIVE. THEN IT IS CAUSED BY SUPERNATURAL MEANS. TRADITIONALLY ONLY SHAMANS COULD ASSURE A CURE. TODAY MANY INDIANS FOLLOW DOCTORS AT HEALTH CENTERS OR GO TO HEALERS.ACCORDING TO TO THE GUAJIRO HUMAN SOULS CROSS THE PATH OF THE DEAD. THEN THEY ARE LOST. IN A LONG TIME THEY COME BACK TO EARTH AS TO ASSURE VEGETATION IN LIFE.
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Friday, March 23, 2012
EMBERO INDIANS OF COLUMBIA
THE EMBERO LIVE IN THE PANAMA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CHOCO. THIS AREA IS ATTRACTING MORE AND MORE HOMESTEADERS IN SEARCH OF CATTLE. MANY CULTURAL TRADITIONS HAVE DISAPPEARED. THESE PEOPLE WORK IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPLEMENT MEAGER INCOME.FROM FARMING AND TO PRESERVE THEIR LANGUAGE. THE EMBERO AND WAOUNAN PEOPLE RECORD SOME OF THEIR TRADITIONS AND THEY RECENT HISTORY. IS SIMILAR. THEY SPEAK CHACOAN. THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 8,000 PEOPLE IN COLUMBIA AND PANAMA.
IN PRECOLUMBIAN EMBERA HISTORY REMAINS AMBIGUOIS. LIKE MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THEY HAVE HAVE BEEN SEMINOMADIC LIVES AS HUNTER, GATHERERS, AND FISHERS. THEY MOVE TO THE REMOTE PARTS OF THE RAINFOREST. THESE FOLKS WERE ARTISTS AND WARRIORS.
SCHOLARS ARE THOUGHT THAT THE EMBERA AND WANAN PEOPLE HAD RECENTLY MIGRATED TO PANAMA FROM THE STATE OF CHACO, COLUMBIA. THEY LIVED HERE MUCH BEFORETHE CONQUISTADORS. THEY HAD WARS AS WELL ACCORDING TO MYTHOLOGIES. THERE HISTORY HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY NEIGHBORS. ON THE 7TH DAY THEY BUILT A DIRT HIGHWAY THROUGH THE JUNGLE TOWARDS THE BORDER
IT HAS OFFERED THE EMBERA ACCESS TO MODERN WOLD AND DESTROYED THEIR HUNTING AND GATHERING LIFESTYLE. THEY REALLY ALMOST ENTIRELY RELY ON AGRICULTURE.
THE WATER NEEDS OF THE PANAMA CANAL HAVE CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS AND TWO LAKES.. COMMUNITIES WERE RELOCATED FROM THE LAKE . WAR, DRUGS, TRAFFICKING AND GUERILLA ACTIVITIES ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT INFLUENCEE THE MIGRATING OF THOSE COMMUNITIES. THE EMBERO PEOPLE LIVED IN TINY COMMUNITIES WHO HAD NO RIGHTS TO OR SUPPORT FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT. THEY HAQD A WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE IN 1983. THEY ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO RECOGNIZE THEM POLITICALLY AS EMBERA-WAUNAN. THEY ADOPTED A COMPLEX STRUCTURE AND HAD COMMITEES ON EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND FISHING RIGHTS, FORESTRY, ART, ENTERTASINMENT AND WOMEN'S ISSUES. BY 1998 THE WAOUNANA
SEPARATED FROM THE EMBERA GROUP.
RELIGION INFLUENCED THESE GROUPS. CONQUISTADORS CONTROLLED THEIR GROUPS. ALSO CHRISTIANS TRIED TO CIVILIZE THE GROUPS AND ADOPT THEIR TRADITIONS. THEY HAVE FORCED TO STOP USING TRADITIONS. THEY HAVE FORCED TO STOP USING TRADITIONAL DRESSES, CULTURE. MEDICINE, MUSIC AND SPIRITUALFESTIVALS. IN PANAMA INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE KEPT A STRONG GROUP ON THEIR ON THEIR CULTURE AND CONSEQUENTLY CHURCHES ARE MORE TOLERANT OF INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS. SOME EMBERA HAVE DECIDED NOT T ATTEND CHURCH THEY STILL HAVE DO BODY PAINTING AND RITUAL DANCING. THESE CHURCHES ARE PUTTING PRESSURE ON VILLAAGES WHO ARE TRYING TO REVIVE THEIR CULTURE.
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IN PRECOLUMBIAN EMBERA HISTORY REMAINS AMBIGUOIS. LIKE MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THEY HAVE HAVE BEEN SEMINOMADIC LIVES AS HUNTER, GATHERERS, AND FISHERS. THEY MOVE TO THE REMOTE PARTS OF THE RAINFOREST. THESE FOLKS WERE ARTISTS AND WARRIORS.
SCHOLARS ARE THOUGHT THAT THE EMBERA AND WANAN PEOPLE HAD RECENTLY MIGRATED TO PANAMA FROM THE STATE OF CHACO, COLUMBIA. THEY LIVED HERE MUCH BEFORETHE CONQUISTADORS. THEY HAD WARS AS WELL ACCORDING TO MYTHOLOGIES. THERE HISTORY HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY NEIGHBORS. ON THE 7TH DAY THEY BUILT A DIRT HIGHWAY THROUGH THE JUNGLE TOWARDS THE BORDER
IT HAS OFFERED THE EMBERA ACCESS TO MODERN WOLD AND DESTROYED THEIR HUNTING AND GATHERING LIFESTYLE. THEY REALLY ALMOST ENTIRELY RELY ON AGRICULTURE.
THE WATER NEEDS OF THE PANAMA CANAL HAVE CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS AND TWO LAKES.. COMMUNITIES WERE RELOCATED FROM THE LAKE . WAR, DRUGS, TRAFFICKING AND GUERILLA ACTIVITIES ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT INFLUENCEE THE MIGRATING OF THOSE COMMUNITIES. THE EMBERO PEOPLE LIVED IN TINY COMMUNITIES WHO HAD NO RIGHTS TO OR SUPPORT FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT. THEY HAQD A WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE IN 1983. THEY ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO RECOGNIZE THEM POLITICALLY AS EMBERA-WAUNAN. THEY ADOPTED A COMPLEX STRUCTURE AND HAD COMMITEES ON EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND FISHING RIGHTS, FORESTRY, ART, ENTERTASINMENT AND WOMEN'S ISSUES. BY 1998 THE WAOUNANA
SEPARATED FROM THE EMBERA GROUP.
RELIGION INFLUENCED THESE GROUPS. CONQUISTADORS CONTROLLED THEIR GROUPS. ALSO CHRISTIANS TRIED TO CIVILIZE THE GROUPS AND ADOPT THEIR TRADITIONS. THEY HAVE FORCED TO STOP USING TRADITIONS. THEY HAVE FORCED TO STOP USING TRADITIONAL DRESSES, CULTURE. MEDICINE, MUSIC AND SPIRITUALFESTIVALS. IN PANAMA INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE KEPT A STRONG GROUP ON THEIR ON THEIR CULTURE AND CONSEQUENTLY CHURCHES ARE MORE TOLERANT OF INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS. SOME EMBERA HAVE DECIDED NOT T ATTEND CHURCH THEY STILL HAVE DO BODY PAINTING AND RITUAL DANCING. THESE CHURCHES ARE PUTTING PRESSURE ON VILLAAGES WHO ARE TRYING TO REVIVE THEIR CULTURE.
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LOOT - PLAY AT SSU
LAST NIGHT I WATCHED A CRAZY PLAY AT SSU THAT WAS A FICTITIOUS FARCE ABOUT THE INTERACTIONS OF A RECENT WIDOWER IN LONDON . IT TOOK PLACE IN LONDON LAST YEAR WITH CORRUPTION, BRIBES, AND VICIOUS ACTS OF BRUTALITY THAT WERE FAKED. THE NURSE WHO TOOK CARE OF HIS WIFE WHO DIED AS WELL AS HIS SON DID NOT KNOW WHERE THEY FIT IN..THEY PLAYED WEIRD TICKS ON PEOPLE AND PRANKS WITH THE CORPSE THAT THEY WRAPPED UP LIKE A MUMMY! APPARENTLY SHE LEFT A BIG SUM OF MONEY TO THE NURSE AND THE WIDOWER GOT MADE. THE POLICE CAME IN SEVERAL TIMES TO TRY TO CONTROLAND ARREST THE NURSE AND THE WIDWER. SOME PEOPLE LEFT AS IT WAS QUITE RIDICOUSLOUS. I FOUND IT CONFUSING, YET SOME PARTS WERE VERY FUNNY. APPARENTLY IT WAS NOT A BIG HIT IN ENGLAND EITHER. THE CHARACTER WHO PLAYED A DETECTIVE/INSPECTOR WAS THE BEST AT STIRRING UP TROUBLE.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
CUBEO INDIANS
THE CUBEO ARE AN ETHNIC GROUP. THEY ROMP THEY REFER TO CLIFF MYTHICAL CLANS. THEIR VILLAGES ARE ALONGSIDE THE CUDIYARI AND QUERARI RIVERS. IN 1985 THEY HAD ABOUT 43,000 FOLKS SPEAK CUBEO.
THERE HAS BEEN NO ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE VAUPES AREA. IN THE 1500'S EXPEDITIONS BEGAN TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE 17TH CENTURY WHEN MISSIONS WERE ESTABLISHED. BOTH SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE CROUENS WERE SPONSORED TO PROMOTE HACIENDAS, ANIMAL FARMS, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS. IN REACTION OF ABUSE BY MISSIONARIES. AND CIVILIANS, THE CUBEO MANIFESTED THEIR DISCONTENT IN MESSIANI MOVEMENTS. THAT SUCCEEDED EACH OTHER.
FROM 19TH CENTURY THE MIDDLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION WAS SUBJECTED TO SUBHUMAN CONDITIONS. THEIR TERRITORY WAS INVADED BY VARIOUS COUNTRIES FOR GOLD AND COCAINE. PART OF THEIR TERRITORY WAS GIVEN TO THE INDIANS BY THE STATE! THEY ARE ADJUSTING THEIR HEALTH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS TOO. THEY HAVE TRADE GOING ON BETWEEN THEIR NEIGHBORS. THEY BUILD A LARGE COMMUNAL HOUSE CALLED A MALOCA. ALTHOUGH IT IS NO LONGER USED FOR CEREMONIAL PURPOSES IT IS A COMMUNAL CENTER.
A VILLAGE IS A GROUP OF HOUSES ARRANGED AROUND A PLAYING A PLAYING FIELD. THEY HAVE THE SCHOOL OF THE HEALTH CENTER AROUND THE PLAYING FIELD. THE DESCENDANTS OF A CLAN ARE PART OF THE VILLAGE. RELATIVES CLOSE TO THEM SETTLE NEARLY. THEY USE SLASH AND BURN TECHNIQUES FOR SMALLER PLOTS OF LAND IN WHICH BITTER MANIOC IS PLANTED AS WELL AS FRUITS AND TUBERS. THEY ALSO HUNT, FISH, AND GATHER WILD PLANTS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS. THE COMPOSITE FAMILY IS IN ONE HOUSE. SURPLUS FOOD IS DISTRIBUTED TO RELATIVES. POTTERY AND ITEMS MADE FROM TREE BARK ARE IN ONE HOUSE. BASKETS AND WOOD WORKING IS MORE INTERESTING TO THEM. THEY MAKE TEXTILES OF PALM FIBER. SOME FOLKS STILL HAVE ANCESTRAL FLUTES AND TRUMPETS THAT PERTAIN TO THE VIRUPI RITUAL.
WOMEN PLANT AND HARVEST FIELDS AND PREPARE FOOD, MAKE BASKETRY , POTTERY, AND DO DOMESTIC WORK. MEN HUNT FISH GATHER WOOD, MAKE BASKETS AND CANOES AND HOUSES.
COMMUNAL HOUSES WERE WERE ORIGINALLY CALLED MALOCA. THEY ARE NOW USED AS CEREMONIALLY CENTERS AND TO CONGREGATE. THE MISSIONARIES TURNED THE GATHERING PLACES INTO THE PRESENT LOCAL UNIT. THEY BUILT A SCHOOL AND HEALTH CENTER AROUND THE FIELD. A CLAN IS MADE UP OF EXTENDED FAMILY THEIR DESCENDANTS.
THEY USE SLAB AND BURN FOR FARMING, THEY PLANT TOGETHER MANIOC, FRUIT AND GATHERING WILD PLANTS AND ANIMALS. FAMILIES ARE A UNIT OF PRODUCTION.
POTTERY TREE BARK FIBER IS STILL MADE. WESTERN PRODUCTS ARE REPLACING THE OLD. THEY STILL MAKE BASKETS, WOODWORKING, FISH TRAPS. THEY SMOKE MEAT. MANY PROCESS COCOA LEAVES AND EXTRACT GOLD. THEY WORK FOR LARGE COMPANIES. THEY TRADE MANY ITEMS. WITH THE ANGLOS.
THEIR ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE IS A SOCIETY WITH THE CUBEO CULTURAL LEGACY. THEY BELIEVED IN THE KWAIWA BROTHERS WHO CREATED THE COSMOS. IT WAS THE KUWAAAWAS WHO LEFT ANCESTRAL FLUTES AND TRUMPETS THAT ARE PLAYED IN THEIR IMPORTANT RITUALS. THE ORIGIN OF HUMANITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH ANCESTRAL ANACONDA. THE ANACONDA MOVED UP THE RIVER TO THE CENTER OF THE WORLD. IT BROUGHT FORTH PEOPLE, AND ESTIMATED THE CUBEO IDENTITY.
THE SHAMAN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTITUTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR. THEY KEEP KNOWLEDGE AND ORDER OF COSMOS. IN RITUAL HE IS IS IN CHARGE OF COMMUNITY WITH ANCESTRAL SPIRITS. THEY HAVE SOME CEREMONIES THAT INVOLVE OTHER VILLAGES AND ONE IMPORTANT CEREMONY WAS THE MALE INITIATION. BUT IT I NO LONGER PERFORMED. THEY HAVE MANY PETROGLYPHS THAT MARK THEIR TERRITORY. THE CUBEO BELIEVE IN THEIR ANCESTORS CREATED THEM. MISSIONARIES HAVE REDUCED THEIR RITUALS. THEY STILL PAINT THEIR BODIES. THEY USE MANY HAND MADE INSTRUMENTS AS PANPIPES, SHELLS, STAMP FLUTES, MARACAS, AND RATTLES.
ILLNESS DEMANDS THE CONSTANT ATTENTION OF THE SHAMAN. IT MAY BE CAUSED BY EVENTS OR SEASONAL CHANGES. EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS AN ELEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF SHAMANISM. ONLY SHAMANS CARRY OUT CURING RITUALS. SHAMANS MAY POTENTIATE OR PRESERVE POWERS THAT ARE GOOD. WESTERN MEDICINE IS NOW USED BY HEALTH CENTERS IF NEEDED. THEY HELD COMPLEX RITUALS FOR DEATH AND SOME HAVE BEEN ABANDONED. WOMEN WEEP AND WITH MEN RECOUNT THE VIRTUES OF THE DECEASED. THEY BELIEVE THAT A DEAD PERSON'S SOUL WILL DISINTEGRATE IN THE UNDERWORLD.
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THERE HAS BEEN NO ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE VAUPES AREA. IN THE 1500'S EXPEDITIONS BEGAN TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE 17TH CENTURY WHEN MISSIONS WERE ESTABLISHED. BOTH SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE CROUENS WERE SPONSORED TO PROMOTE HACIENDAS, ANIMAL FARMS, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS. IN REACTION OF ABUSE BY MISSIONARIES. AND CIVILIANS, THE CUBEO MANIFESTED THEIR DISCONTENT IN MESSIANI MOVEMENTS. THAT SUCCEEDED EACH OTHER.
FROM 19TH CENTURY THE MIDDLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION WAS SUBJECTED TO SUBHUMAN CONDITIONS. THEIR TERRITORY WAS INVADED BY VARIOUS COUNTRIES FOR GOLD AND COCAINE. PART OF THEIR TERRITORY WAS GIVEN TO THE INDIANS BY THE STATE! THEY ARE ADJUSTING THEIR HEALTH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS TOO. THEY HAVE TRADE GOING ON BETWEEN THEIR NEIGHBORS. THEY BUILD A LARGE COMMUNAL HOUSE CALLED A MALOCA. ALTHOUGH IT IS NO LONGER USED FOR CEREMONIAL PURPOSES IT IS A COMMUNAL CENTER.
A VILLAGE IS A GROUP OF HOUSES ARRANGED AROUND A PLAYING A PLAYING FIELD. THEY HAVE THE SCHOOL OF THE HEALTH CENTER AROUND THE PLAYING FIELD. THE DESCENDANTS OF A CLAN ARE PART OF THE VILLAGE. RELATIVES CLOSE TO THEM SETTLE NEARLY. THEY USE SLASH AND BURN TECHNIQUES FOR SMALLER PLOTS OF LAND IN WHICH BITTER MANIOC IS PLANTED AS WELL AS FRUITS AND TUBERS. THEY ALSO HUNT, FISH, AND GATHER WILD PLANTS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS. THE COMPOSITE FAMILY IS IN ONE HOUSE. SURPLUS FOOD IS DISTRIBUTED TO RELATIVES. POTTERY AND ITEMS MADE FROM TREE BARK ARE IN ONE HOUSE. BASKETS AND WOOD WORKING IS MORE INTERESTING TO THEM. THEY MAKE TEXTILES OF PALM FIBER. SOME FOLKS STILL HAVE ANCESTRAL FLUTES AND TRUMPETS THAT PERTAIN TO THE VIRUPI RITUAL.
WOMEN PLANT AND HARVEST FIELDS AND PREPARE FOOD, MAKE BASKETRY , POTTERY, AND DO DOMESTIC WORK. MEN HUNT FISH GATHER WOOD, MAKE BASKETS AND CANOES AND HOUSES.
COMMUNAL HOUSES WERE WERE ORIGINALLY CALLED MALOCA. THEY ARE NOW USED AS CEREMONIALLY CENTERS AND TO CONGREGATE. THE MISSIONARIES TURNED THE GATHERING PLACES INTO THE PRESENT LOCAL UNIT. THEY BUILT A SCHOOL AND HEALTH CENTER AROUND THE FIELD. A CLAN IS MADE UP OF EXTENDED FAMILY THEIR DESCENDANTS.
THEY USE SLAB AND BURN FOR FARMING, THEY PLANT TOGETHER MANIOC, FRUIT AND GATHERING WILD PLANTS AND ANIMALS. FAMILIES ARE A UNIT OF PRODUCTION.
POTTERY TREE BARK FIBER IS STILL MADE. WESTERN PRODUCTS ARE REPLACING THE OLD. THEY STILL MAKE BASKETS, WOODWORKING, FISH TRAPS. THEY SMOKE MEAT. MANY PROCESS COCOA LEAVES AND EXTRACT GOLD. THEY WORK FOR LARGE COMPANIES. THEY TRADE MANY ITEMS. WITH THE ANGLOS.
THEIR ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE IS A SOCIETY WITH THE CUBEO CULTURAL LEGACY. THEY BELIEVED IN THE KWAIWA BROTHERS WHO CREATED THE COSMOS. IT WAS THE KUWAAAWAS WHO LEFT ANCESTRAL FLUTES AND TRUMPETS THAT ARE PLAYED IN THEIR IMPORTANT RITUALS. THE ORIGIN OF HUMANITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH ANCESTRAL ANACONDA. THE ANACONDA MOVED UP THE RIVER TO THE CENTER OF THE WORLD. IT BROUGHT FORTH PEOPLE, AND ESTIMATED THE CUBEO IDENTITY.
THE SHAMAN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTITUTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR. THEY KEEP KNOWLEDGE AND ORDER OF COSMOS. IN RITUAL HE IS IS IN CHARGE OF COMMUNITY WITH ANCESTRAL SPIRITS. THEY HAVE SOME CEREMONIES THAT INVOLVE OTHER VILLAGES AND ONE IMPORTANT CEREMONY WAS THE MALE INITIATION. BUT IT I NO LONGER PERFORMED. THEY HAVE MANY PETROGLYPHS THAT MARK THEIR TERRITORY. THE CUBEO BELIEVE IN THEIR ANCESTORS CREATED THEM. MISSIONARIES HAVE REDUCED THEIR RITUALS. THEY STILL PAINT THEIR BODIES. THEY USE MANY HAND MADE INSTRUMENTS AS PANPIPES, SHELLS, STAMP FLUTES, MARACAS, AND RATTLES.
ILLNESS DEMANDS THE CONSTANT ATTENTION OF THE SHAMAN. IT MAY BE CAUSED BY EVENTS OR SEASONAL CHANGES. EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS AN ELEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF SHAMANISM. ONLY SHAMANS CARRY OUT CURING RITUALS. SHAMANS MAY POTENTIATE OR PRESERVE POWERS THAT ARE GOOD. WESTERN MEDICINE IS NOW USED BY HEALTH CENTERS IF NEEDED. THEY HELD COMPLEX RITUALS FOR DEATH AND SOME HAVE BEEN ABANDONED. WOMEN WEEP AND WITH MEN RECOUNT THE VIRTUES OF THE DECEASED. THEY BELIEVE THAT A DEAD PERSON'S SOUL WILL DISINTEGRATE IN THE UNDERWORLD.
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