Yukpa people

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The Yukpa people are an Indigenous group of the Sierra de Perijá region along the Colombia–Venezuela border, known for their distinct Cariban language and traditional subsistence farming and hunting practices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Yukpa people canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
culturalArea Caribbean cultural area ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
facingIssue deforestation ⓘ
displacement ⓘ
land conflicts ⓘ
mining pressure ⓘ
hasArtForm basketry ⓘ
body painting ⓘ
ceremonial dress ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
hasCustom oral tradition ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
shamanic healing ⓘ
language Yukpa language ⓘ
languageFamily Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
locatedAlong Colombia–Venezuela border ⓘ
locatedIn Sierra de Perijá ⓘ
mainCrops beans ⓘ
cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
plantain ⓘ
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Colombia ⓘ
Indigenous people of Venezuela ⓘ
region Cesar Department ⓘ
La Guajira Department ⓘ
Zulia State ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Barí people ⓘ
Wayuu people ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
syncretic Christianity ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based structure ⓘ
extended family groups ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence economy ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched-roof houses ⓘ
traditionalLeadership chiefs ⓘ
elders ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
usesAgriculturalMethod slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yukpa language → ethnicGroup → Yukpa people ⓘ
Yuco → spokenBy → Yukpa people ⓘ
Yuco → ethnicGroup → Yukpa people ⓘ
Yupa → spokenBy → Yukpa people ⓘ
Yupa → ethnicGroupAssociated → Yukpa people ⓘ
Yucpa → spokenBy → Yukpa people ⓘ
Irapa Yukpa → spokenBy → Yukpa people ⓘ
Yuko → spokenBy → Yukpa people ⓘ
Yukpa language → spokenBy → Yukpa people ⓘ
subject linked to: Yuko