Organigrama arbol

Meer zoals dit

The Greeks

door Yeraldine Ibarra

US ELECTIONS

door SABINE ACHOUR

Holidays in the USA

door Анна Михалицына

Case Study: Deforestation in Kalimantan, Indonesia

door LU ZI XING

Motilón Barí.

Culture and traditions

The Barí language is part of the linguistic family Chibcha.

Rituals

Sing to the arrows

Traditions

Current issues

Loss of traditions and identity

Violation of your rights by the government

Violence by the guerrillas and self-defense groups

Diseases from mining

Territory

The territory and natural resources are sacred

Ishthana

Communals

The Enchanted

The prohibited areas

Social Organization.

In each family there are two caciques with hierarchical order according to age

The political authority is the cacique (ñatubai)

They are a totally democratic society

Their History

In the 21st century, the Barí are once again threatened by the interests of the mining companies in Venezuela

In 1963, guided by the conceptions of indigenismo, the director of Indigenous Affairs of Colombia began a work to protect the territory that was still controlled by the Barí and later two

Starting in the first decade of the 20th century, concessions were made for oil exploitation in the Barí territory

Encouraging the opening of highways and the massive colonization of the region

Since pre-Hispanic times, the area was characterized by permanent intercultural contact between groups from the surrounding regions

An amerindian people that live in the jungles of the catatumbo river, on both sides of the border between Colombia and Venezuela

Population

This indigenous town has a population of 5,923 people

the highest concentration of this population are Cúcuta and Tibú.

4,897 are in the municipal capitals