The Aymara Culture by: Nikole Cole The Aymara are indigenous people from the Andean region of South America. They are located in Bolivia, Peru, and Chile. Archeologists have discovered evidence that they occupied these areas for at least 800 years, up to 5,000 years but most likely descended from previous cultures. They live in the altiplano (high plains) of the Andes Mountains. They lived closely together with their rulers, the Incas. The Aymara also had their own flag that was known as the “Wiphala”; it consists of seven different colors quilted together with diagonal stripes. The name “Aymara” is of unknown origin. The Aymara referred to themselves as “Jaqi” which means human beings. They are technically considered descendants …show more content…
Subsistence agriculture is a farming method in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed their families and themselves. Climate, elevation, and lack of soil limited the range of plants and crops. The Aymara adapted to their savage environment by participating in the domestication of animals and crops. This was just the adaptation of wild plants and animals for human use such as clothes, food, etc. Aymara’s crops are staple crops. A staple crop is a food that makes up the dominant part of a populations diet. These crops included Potatoes, Oca, which is a highly productive perennial plant with waxy, brightly colored tubers, Ulluco (oo-yoo-ko) a primarily grown vegetable, but also used as a leaf vegetable; the tuber is the primary part; they are like potatoes, waxy outside but various colors like red, orange, and yellow and the leaf is used and is similar to spinach, Quinoa (keen-wah), which is a protein packed grain that resemble little seeds, Corn, Beans, Barley (which is used in soup and stews; known as being like brown rice on steroids) and Wheat. “Chairo” is a traditional stew they eat. It is made up of Chuno (potato starch), onions, carrots, potatoes, white corn, beef and wheat kernels. It contains herbs such as coriander and other spices. They also ate fish and went fishing using rowboats and totora-reed rafts, these are …show more content…
This culture believed in the power of spirits whom live in the mountains, sky, or natural forces like lightning. The strongest and most sacred Deitie (God, or Goddess) is known as Pachamama, whom is known as the Earth Goddess. Their religious festivals have shown evidence of their traditional beliefs; they make offerings to Mother Earth to reassure a good harvest and cure illnesses. For centuries, the Aymara have grown and also chewed cocoa plants using its leaves as an ingredient for traditional medicine. They also used it in ritual offerings to the mother Goddess (Earth) and the father God Inti (sun). Catholicism was then introduced in the colonial period (1607), and was adopted by the Aymara who attended mass, celebrated baptisms, and would follow the Catholic calendar of Christian events. The majority of the Aymara today are Roman
fish would stay in shallow waters making them easier to catch. They caught fish such as red fish
For this essay I have chosen to discuss the Asabano of Papua New Guinea and how they have dealt with death before and after accepting Christianity. I will be addressing this topic in such a way that is true to the Asabano traditions and beliefs. As their practices with regards to how they had approached their deceased are very closely related to their beliefs in ancestral powers, magic, and witchcraft, and had an immense impact on their lives.
The Anasazi Indians developed their farming methods gradually once they found the perfect homelands. They would grow and eat corn, squash, pinon nuts, fruits and berries. Once the corn was fully-grown, the Anasazi women ground the corn with ametate and a mano. The metate is a "flat stone receptacle" and the mano is a "hand-held stone" (Ferguson...
usually built their homes on a river or stream valley and were scattered to take
Farming also became a steady source of food for the early civilization. With established dwellings, communities were able to create crude irrigation systems to support their crops in the very dry dessert like climate. Domestication of animals also became a possibility as well with the more permanent living situation the early civilization h...
ways of technology to survive in there environment. They used many different farming tools in
There is plenty of produce, as is there is many typical foods Bolivians eat. A main staple in Bolivia is potatoes. They also enjoy grains, maize, beans, rice, fish, poultry, and peanuts. For special occasions, they enjoy...
There is also a theory that part of the people’s diet was fish even though fish tackle has not yet been found. It is the discovery of stone boxes, with water-proof linings that suggested they needed a tank for fish bait, such as limpets. “Limpets are effective fish bait but they need to be softened before fish find them tempting. Soaking achieves this” (Clarke and Maggiore, 2000)
middle of paper ... ... they traveled in a way that resembles the gondolas of Vennice italy. They would take poles that reached the river bottom and walk from the front of the boat to the back. They also sailed, rowed and even waded in the water and pulled the boat. To cross mountains they put there gear on horses.
Food was something everybody needed. The Makah ate a lot of fish and still do today. Fish was the main thing they ate. The Makah also ate deer, seal, whale, and more. The Makah ate everything with fish oil even dessert. They loved fish oil so much they had to eat it with everything. The Makah were hunters. They would go out in canoes and catch as much as they could. The Makah ate very little vegetables. They mostly ate meat. The only vegetables they ate were in the spring when the woman would find some plants. They would dry the fish for the winter and other times when it was needed. How they cooked the food was with a cedar wood box. They would make a fire and put coals on the fire. The Makah would put water in the box and add the hot coals. Then they would add the food. They would take out cold coals and put in hot ones. The Makah ate with their hands and ate on cedar mats. The Makah didn’t have any kind of utensils so they just used their hands for everything.
Farming is the main supply for a country back then. The crops that farmers produce basically was the only food supply. That makes famers a very important part of society. Farmers back t...
Before the land of what we no class Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, and other countries in the middle east grains, such as wheat and wild barley, could be seen growing in the wild without human hand to cultivate and nurture it (Authors 2007). Over time, humans began to recognize the benefit of the plants and began the first signs of human agriculture. The skill of farming took time and trial and error, but along the way, humans began to settle down to tend to their crops. Though the first crops were nothing more than seed s thrown about without rhyme or reason to the process we know today such as fields having, rows and sorting out the seeds to create a higher yield each harvest (Authors 2007). Because of the trial and error process, agriculture of plants did not take place of a short period but took many, many years to evolve to what we know today as agriculture; the new fa...
The Inuit hunted and fished whale, seal, and walrus by way of a kayak or by waiting patiently near holes in the ice. They made great use of animal skins for warm and beautiful clothing as one may observe on display in the Polar World exhibit at the museum. They primarily made a living by hunting, trapping, and buying and selling handicrafts. They also traded whale blubber which was used for fuel. They traded the blubber with missionaries, whalers, and other foreigners.
Throughout the history of the human race there have been a great number of crops that were discovered, planted, and over time domesticated. Wheat in the Middle East, rice in Asia, and rye in Eastern Europe are all some of today’s staple crops that feed millions every day. Crops like these make up over 50% of the world’s total food supply. However, the third most eaten crop in the world is maize, or corn, which provides 21% of human nutrition. Today maize feeds millions across the world, but its history is different from the others.
The first Catholic priests came to South America with the conquistadors and through social and political force superimposed 16th century Catholicism upon conquered peoples and in subsequent generations upon slaves arriving in the New World. Catholicism has, likewise, frequently absorbed, rather than confronted, popular folk religious beliefs. The resulting religion is often overtly Catholic but covertly pagan. Behind the Catholic facade, the foundations and building structure reflect varying folk religious traditions. (2)