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Log race, Clearland.
The Mukuna Indians live in the Vaupes region of eastern Columbia where dense rainforests crowd the headwaters of the Amazon. They believe that their ancestors were fish people who emerged in the form of anacondas from the Water Doorway east of their world, hence they refer to themselves as “The Water People.” Mukuna family life. The Mukuna view themselves as a group of clans united by intermarriage. Traditionally, each clan inhabits a longhouse ñ malocca-with its own headman.
Makuna mother with her child paddle the Apaporis River in the Vaupes area. Mukuna people are referred to as the Water People.
Gold Mining in Vaupes Basin. Fighting between the Columbian Indigenous people of Columbia are fighting to preserve their natural habitat form the whites. Makuna, Vaupes Basin, Eastern Colombia Amazon.
Gold Mining in Vaupes Basin. Fighting between the Columbian Indigenous people of Columbia are fighting to preserve their natural habitat form the whites. Makuna, Vaupes Basin, Eastern Colombia Amazon.
Gold Mining site at Vaupes Basin. Fighting between the Columbian Indigenous people of Columbia are fighting to preserve their natural habitat form the whites. Makuna, Vaupes Basin, Eastern Colombia Amazon.
Land being cleared for plantation of Maize. Makuna, Vaupes Basin, Eastern Colombia Amazon.
Makuna girl cuts up an iguana for the evening meal. Vaupes Basin, Eastern Colombia Amazon
A Makuna hunter with a blow gun. Makuna, Vaupes Basin, Eastern Colombia Amazon.
Log race, Clearland.
Log race, Clearland.
Log race, Clearland.
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