INDIANS IN GUYANA TO GUYANA
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
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There are six different ethnic groups of "Native Americans in French Guiana.
The Nation Arawak, Swivel nation, the nation Kali 'na, Paliurus nation, nation and nation Wayana Wa API.
Today, some 30,000 Arawak, live in Guyana and other smaller populations inhabit Surinam and French Guiana.
There are also groups speaking Arawak year scattered in other parts of South America.
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Sculptors, they make jewelry, produce a ceramic characteristic, highly decorated.
They grow cotton to make hammocks, ropes, nets and fabrics.
Sculptors, they make jewelry, produce a ceramic characteristic, highly decorated.
They grow cotton to make hammocks, ropes, nets and fabrics.
The Indians do not live only in the middle of the forest, some tribes are found along the coast.
We can easily meet them and buy their crafts necklaces and other jewelry.
The Indian coastline.
In 1958, the villages Galibi and Arawak of the estuary Maroni-Mana, and the group Arawah, established at about Cayenne, all 490 people represented.
Adding Iracoubo group, there were French Guiana a total of 670 Indians and Galibi Arawakh end of 1964, o, is approaching 850.
Relatively isolated on the coast, in areas infested with mosquitoes that immigrant communities differ, the Indians Galibi remain faithful to their traditional way of life, focusing on sea fishing
The custom has evolved family on some points, without losing its vigor and effectiveness.
She remains remarkably closed to outside influence.
The average age of marriage for girls remains as in the eighteenth century, about 14 ½ years.
widows remarry after 1 year, celibacy is quite exceptional, divorce is rare. Oyapok The Indians may be considered as a population stable with no significant emigration or immigration.
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photos Indians in Guyana
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