Vaorani

Vaorani, or uaorani, also known as sabela, aushiri, auka and vao, is a small tribe of Indians who still live in the jungle of the Amazon in eastern Ecuador. In turn, they are divided into several groups that often compete with each other: tonyampare, tiueno, chiuaro, damuintaro, sapino, tiguino, uamuno, caueruno, garsakocha (Yasuni river), kemperi (Kononako river), mima Konu Nako), Karuve (Kononako River) and Tagaeri.

Unfortunately, today this formidable tribe is under threat of extinction, and the danger is hanging on the part of oil companies actively engaged in geological prospecting and oil production in the jungle in their territories: between the Kuraray rivers and Napo.

Vaorani gov (or Va-Tededo) and lead a semi-nomadic way of life with rich knowledge of ethnobotany and ethnomedicine . Everyone knows their mastery of preparing the neurotoxic poison curare for hunting with long windpipes . The Vahorani jungle is not only a home, it is, above all, a source of physical and cultural survival . They are used to making their houses, weapons and ceremonial objects from trees . For example, the barbed palm of a chonta (Bactris gasipaes) is an excellent building material and feedstock for copies and the balsa (Ochroma lagopus) is often used for ritual purposes .

Hunting and fishing - the main means of survival in the wild, but the Huaorani people on the table fall strictly certain species of animals and fowl. They never kill deer, jaguars, large birds of prey and snakes. Polygamy is widespread in the Indian tribes of the North-West Amazon. Despite the shrinking ring of civilization around them, the Indians retain their primitive warlike customs, periodically raiding their neighbors.

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Inhabitants of the Galapagos Islands Indians of Ecuador

Tribes of bounty hunters

Tribes of bounty hunters: Shuar, Achuar and Shiviar inhabit a picturesque area on the banks Pastas, along the Cordillera de Kutuku - from one and at the very border with Peru, at the very mouth of the Uasagi running along Pastasy, on the other.

Shuar or "bounty hunters", this is the most numerous nationality of the eastern forests and foothills from Bobonasy and Pindoyaku in the north to Maranion on south. Now their communities and settlements are concentrated in the jungle along the rivers flowing to the east of the Kutuku Ridge. To the west of them live Settlers-Mestizos and Quichua.

Among the Ecuadorians themselves, the Shuar division in the western, "Shuar of the borderland" and the eastern, "Shuar of the inner lands" living east of Kutuku . Muraniyya, or Muraya shuar - they are the people of the mountains, the people of Montagna who live in the valley of the river Upano, from its sources in the north to the confluence with the rivers Pauté and Jungans in the south . Fishing today is one of the traditional food sources for these Indians . But, being ardent hunters, the menu of warlike nations often includes a spectacle bear s, Venado, Sahin, Guatuso, guanta and armadillos, as well as jaguar, tapir and other .

language Shuar Shuar people relate to the family. Most likely, it is thanks to its warlike and bloodthirsty legends that this tribe managed to preserve such a large number of members

Quichua-saraguro

Quichua-saraguro is one of the groups of Indians inhabiting the mountainous areas of the Equatorial Andes and to the southern part Ecuador in the province of Loja. The history of this tribe is shrouded in a haze of mysteries and mysteries. It is still unknown where the name "Saraguro" comes from. Whether from the fusion of two Quichean words: "sara" - corn, and "chicken" - gold, whether "sarah" and "kuru" mean "caterpillar", or "corn plant". Disputes continue about the true origin of this tribe.

Saraguro managed to preserve the ancient traditions and beliefs, as well as the appearance of everyday traditional clothing. The black woolen ponchos and hats are not similar to any other tribes, and the women have a black shawl

Zion and the secoya

These related Indian tribes reside in the northeast of Ecuador in the basins of the Aguarico and Putumayo rivers . Number zion is currently only 260 people, and the secoyoy is 380 . The main occupation is manual farming, hunting, gathering and fishing, but in addition they cultivate corn, sweet potato, peach palm "chonta", bananas, pineapples, pepper .In each family the head is the shaman - "kuraka" . They attract the curious tourists who are ready to observe the rituals of the Sion Indians at the Cuyabeno bioregional reserve .

Quichua-Otavalo

In the nature of the Indians, they always note the extreme enterprising, smiling and witty. They and farmers, weavers, and merchants, they enjoy the gifts of civilization with pleasure, but do not forget the precepts of their ancestors. Otalo live in Otavalo, which is famous throughout the country as the "capital of the poncho."

Tschačila

Tsachila, in Spanish "Los Colorados", "colored" - a small tribe that lives in the west of Ecuador in the provinces of Santo Domingo de Tsačilas and Esmeraldas. The main external difference of their men - a peculiar hairstyle: shaven hair on the sides of the head and bright red strands on the crown.

In Ecuador, shamans are considered to be one of the best healers and ayuverds. Their settlements are easily accessible from Quito and Guayaquil.
Indian from the Tsachila tribe plays the traditional instrument