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Christian, Shamanism, Animism [1] The Shuar, also known as Jivaro, are an indigenous ethnic group that inhabits the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazonia. They are famous for their hunting skills and their tradition of head shrinking, known as Tzantsa. The Shuar language belongs to the Jivaroan linguistic family and is spoken by over 50,000 people ...
The Shuar live in tropical rainforests between the upper mountains of the Andes, and the tropical rainforests and savannas of the Amazonian lowlands, in Ecuador and Peru.They live in various places—thus, the muraiya (hill) shuar are people who live in the foothills of the Andes; the achu (swamp-palm) shuar (or Achuar) are people who live in the wetter lowlands east of the Andes (Ecuador and ...
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Shuar. Los shuar son un pueblo indígena que habita en la Amazonía ecuatoriana y peruana. Son famosos por su habilidad en la caza y por su tradición de reducción de cabezas, conocida como tzantsa. 2 . La lengua shuar pertenece a la familia lingüística jívaroana y es hablada por más de 50 000 personas en la región.
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Jul 14, 2017 · The Shuar indigenous people represents one of the most prominent ethnic group in the Amazonian Region, with around 35 000-40 000 living mainly in the Ecuadorian provinces of Pastaza, Morona Santiago and Zamora Chinchipe, in the southeast of the country. Shuar is both the name of the community as well as of their language, which belongs to the ...
The Jivaroan peoples are the indigenous peoples in the headwaters of the Marañon River [1] and its tributaries, in northern Peru and eastern Ecuador. The tribes speak the Chicham languages. [2] Their traditional way of life relies on gardening, and on hunting with blowguns and darts poisoned with curare. Complex spiritual beliefs are built ...
Shuar (Jivaro) Shuar (called "Jivaro" by Spanish-speaking Ecuadorians) is a Jivaroan language of South America, closely related to Achuar . The Shuar language is spoken by more than 30,000 people in Ecuador today. Shuar Language.
