Yagua

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The Yagua are an indigenous people of the northwestern Amazon rainforest known for their distinct language, traditional forest-based lifestyle, and rich ceremonial practices.

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Yagua canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
ceremonialPractice feather ornamentation ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
use of body paint ⓘ
colonialHistory affected by rubber boom ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
cosmology spirit-inhabited forest ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
culturalArea Amazonian indigenous cultures ⓘ
economicActivity small-scale trade ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
knowledgeSystem ethnobotanical knowledge ⓘ
language Yagua language ⓘ
languageFamily Peba–Yaguan language family ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
neighboringIndigenousPeoples Bora ⓘ
Huitoto ⓘ
Tikuna ⓘ
linked to: Tikuna people
populationStatus small population ⓘ
primaryRegion northwestern Amazon rainforest ⓘ
region Amazonas Department (Colombia) ⓘ
Loreto Region ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
syncretic Christianity ⓘ
selfIdentification Yagua people ⓘ
threat cultural assimilation ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
loss of language ⓘ
traditionalClothing fiber skirts ⓘ
traditionalCrop maize ⓘ
manioc ⓘ
plantains ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal houses ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle forest-based subsistence ⓘ
traditionalMaterial forest wood ⓘ
palm fibers ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalTechnology blowguns ⓘ
bows and arrows ⓘ
usesRiverSystems Amazon River tributaries ⓘ

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