Information about Tucano People
The Tucano are a group of indigenous South Americans living in the northwestern Amazon, along the Vaupés river and the surrounding area. They are present in both Colombia and Brazil, although most live on the Colombian side of the border. They are usually described as being made up of many separate tribes, although the appellation is somewhat problematic due to the complex social and linguistic structure of the region.
..... Click the link for more information.
Descent Groups
The Tucano practice exogamy. Members of a linguistic descent group marry outside their own linguistic descent group. As a result, it is normal for Tucano people to speak two, three or more Tucanoan languages, and any Tucano household (longhouse) is likely to be host to numerous languages. The descent groups (sometimes referred to as tribes) all have their accompanying language, some of the most well known are listed below.- Bara
- Barasana
- Cubeo (the Cubeo do not practice exogamy)
- Desana
- Macuna
- Tucano (or Tucano Proper)
Subsistence Activities
The Tucano are swidden horticulturalists, growing manioc and other staples in forest clearings. They also hunt, trap, fish and forage wild plants and animals.Books
- Jackson, Jean E. - The Fish People - Linguistic Exogamy and Tukanoan Identity in Northwest Amazonia (1983) (ISBN 0-521-27822-8)
- Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo - Rainforest Shamans: Essays on the Tukano Indians of the Northwest Amazon (ISBN 0-9527302-4-3)
See also
indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples. They are often also referred to as Native Americans, First Nations
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
This article or section is written like a personal reflection or and may require .
Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article or section in an . (, talk)
Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article or section in an . (, talk)
This article is about the social structure.
..... Click the link for more information.
Exogamy has two related definitions, both biological and cultural.
..... Click the link for more information.
Biological Exogamy
In Biology, exogamy more generally refers to the mating of individuals who are relatively less related genetically, that is outbreeding as opposed to inbreeding, this benefits the..... Click the link for more information.
long house or longhouse is a type of long, narrow, single-room building built by peoples in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe and North America.
Many were built from timber and often represent the earliest form of permanent structure in many cultures.
..... Click the link for more information.
Many were built from timber and often represent the earliest form of permanent structure in many cultures.
..... Click the link for more information.
Slash and burn refers to the cutting and burning of forests or woodlands to create fields for agriculture or pasture for livestock, or for a variety of other purposes. It is sometimes part of shifting cultivation agriculture, and of transhumance livestock herding.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
M. esculenta
Binomial name
Manihot esculenta
Crantz
The cassava, manioc, casava, or yucca (Manihot esculenta
..... Click the link for more information.
Binomial name
Manihot esculenta
Crantz
The cassava, manioc, casava, or yucca (Manihot esculenta
..... Click the link for more information.
Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff (March 6, 1912—May 16, 1994) was an anthropologist, known for his holistic approach and his in-depth fieldworks among tropical rainforest cultures (e.g. Tucano).
..... Click the link for more information.
Life
He was born in Salzburg, Austria...... Click the link for more information.
Tucano (also Tukana, Tucana, Tukano, Dasea, Jurutí, Jurití, Yurutí, Tariana, Tariano, Koneá, Koreá, Patsoka, Wahyara; autonym: Dahseyé
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.
Herod_Archelaus
