Rama (people)
The Rama are an indigenous people in Nicaragua .
Culture
The approximately 900 Rama live from hunting, fishing and growing bananas and white cocoa . The language of the Rama belongs to the family of the Chibcha languages . It is almost extinct and only about two dozen elderly people are fluent in it. The loss of the language in favor of an English- based Creole is due, among other things, to the arrival of missionaries from the evangelical Moravian Church (Moravian Church) in the middle of the 19th century.
Political situation
The Rama have long been in a dispute with the Nicaraguan government over the US company plans to build a railway line called Canal Seco , which will run through the Rama area. Some designs for the Nicaragua Canal also run through their territory. In addition, the Rama defend themselves against the speculative transactions of foreign corporations , which threaten to deprive them of their traditional rights of use. As a result, there were also violent riots.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Language shift to English based Creole: Rama Cay Creole (RCC) ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
