Английская Википедия:Bora people
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Ethnic group The Bora are an Indigenous tribe of the Peruvian, Colombian, and Brazilian Amazon, located between the Putumayo and Napo rivers.Шаблон:Citation needed
Ethnography
The Bora speak a Witotan language and comprise approximately 2,000 people.Шаблон:Citation needed
In the last forty years,Шаблон:Clarify the Bora have become a largely settled people living mostly in permanent forest settlements.Шаблон:Citation needed
The animist Bora worldview makes no distinction between the physical and spiritual worlds, and spirits are considered to be present throughout the world.Шаблон:Citation needed
Bora families practice exogamy.Шаблон:ClarifyШаблон:Citation needed
The Bora have an elaborate knowledge of the plant life of the surrounding rainforest. Like other indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Amazon, such as the Urarina,[1] plants, especially trees, hold a complex and important interest for the Bora.Шаблон:Citation needed
Bows and arrows are the main weapons of the Bora culture used in person to person conflict.Шаблон:Citation needed
The Bora have guarded their lands from both indigenous foes and outsider colonials. Around the time of the 20th century, the rubber boom had a devastating impact on the Boras, who suffered mistreatment during that time period.[2]
The Bora tribe's ancestral lands are currently threatened by illegal logging practices. The Bora have no indigenous reserves.Шаблон:Citation needed
References
Bibliography
- Harrison, Theresa; Media, Demand (n.d.). Basic Beliefs of the Bora Indians. Classroom Synonym. Retrieved on 2015-02-01 from http://classroom.synonym.com/basic-beliefs-bora-indians-6514.html.
External links
Шаблон:Indigenous peoples of the Americas Шаблон:Indigenous peoples of Brazil Шаблон:Colombian people Шаблон:Ethnic groups in Peru
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Hardenburg, W. E. (1912). "The Putumayo; The Devil's Paradise".
