Native Community

Mer som dette

Ecotourism

Ved consuelo castañeda

Ecological Hierarchy Levels

Ved Ayesha Pettaway

Second Conditional

Ved Cecília Franco Morais

False Friends Or False Cognates

Ved ALEJANDRO GOMEZ

TICUNA

culture

In their rituals the "fiesta de pelazón" stands out, made to mark the passage to adulthood of young Ticuna.

before they were men they were fish until their father Yoi took them out of the waters, using as bait pieces of cassava

division of ticuana

Intermediate World

It is the surface of the earth, inhabited by men and some demons.

Lower World

Conformed by all the aquatic part. There live demons and strange humans full of defects (blind, dwarves, people without anus).

Superior world

in the first, men similar to human beings live; in the second they inhabit the souls of the dead with Tae, a mythological being; and in the third they inhabit the vulture kings

rituals

Isolation of girls during their first menstruation, in a closed room separated from the family unit. After being isolated, she receives the mythical instructions to make her transformation from a girl to an adult woman

The orientation is attended by her mother and her maternal uncle, while the father is responsible for organizing a welcome and presentation party. The girl, then, is adorned with facial and body paint, dressed in yanchama and her head adorned with a feathered headband.

During the party they dance and the girl is stripped of her hair as a symbol of transformation

living place

the Ticuna ancestors lived in oval Malocas, with rectangular center, vertical supports and two doors They were far apart.

Over time and as the region became more populated, the houses were transformed into platform construction, pillars and roofs in Palma Caraná

economy

Subtema

population

The Ticuna are one of the most numerous towns in the Amazon Basin, where approximately 7,102 people live.

LANGUAGE

The linguistic family is independent, with Tupi roots.

LOCATION

They are located south of the Amazon on the Cotuhé River

The Ticuna conceive the natural world as a whole, where man is part of the plants, of the trees, of the mountain animals and of the "beings of the water"