Yuracaré

The Yuracaré (also: Yurujare, Yurucare ) are an indigenous people in South America .

The Yuracaré live along the Río Chapare on an area of ​​about 2500 km² in the Bolivian lowlands of the Amazon basin in the department of Cochabamba . Today their habitat is threatened more and more by settlers who penetrate further and further into the tropical forest , especially for the cultivation of coca plantings .

The language of the Yuracaré is one of the endangered isolated languages and is spoken by around 500 to 2500 people in Bolivia. There are currently around 400 Yuracaré families in the Department of Cochabamba, and there are also 62 Yuracaré households in the Department of Beni . The Yuracaré, one of around 35 indigenous peoples in Bolivia, traditionally bury their dead with bows and arrows, believing that the dead live on in a place underground where game is abundant.

literature

• Hans van den Berg: Con los yuracarees (Bolivia). Crónicas misionales (1765-1825) . Vervuert, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-86527-561-5 .

Web links

• Eva Fuchs: Visiting the Yuracaré Indians
• DoBeS: Information about the Yuracaré ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) ( English )
• International Forestry Resources and Institutions ( Memento of 24 July 2008 in the Internet Archive () english )
• New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia Yuracaré profile ( English )
• Ceres Bolivia ( Spanish )