NATIVE COMMUNITY: WAYUU

The Wayuus are aborigines from the peninsula of La Guajira, on the Caribbean Sea.

Their classical organization based on unilineal kinship, governed by the female axis.

The members of the same clan are distinguished by identifying themselves with a common name and usually represented by an animal.

In the Wayúu culture, the value of the word is rooted in everyday life.

For example, if they agree to pay a debt to another person on a given day, it is an obligation to comply with that offer.

The principle of Wayúu normativity is that "life is sacred" and fragile

All beings of nature,
to the extent that it conforms a whole with man, they are sacred.

Festivities and rituals widely imply the use of traditional music.

The work of grazing is accompanied by music produced by flutes.

The native dance yocna or yonna (known as chicha maya), is used in celebrations related to the development of women and involves steps where she advances in defiance of the man, who recoils trying not to fall.

The Wayuu people are especially dedicated to grazing

Before, the cattle was the main wealth and also the main reason for prestige and gain.

Economic activities such as fishing, trade, traditional textile production, ceramics

The language spoken by the Wayuu people is called Wayuunaiki.

It is an agglutinating language

Record six vowels and sixteen consonants.