Guambiano

Guambia, Colombia

Guambiano or Misak are an indigenous people of the department of Cauca in Colombia.^[1]^[2] Their language is also known as Guambiano or as one of the Coconucan languages. The majority lives in the western part of the Conlombian Andes range (Cordillera). Some people can be also found in Huila Department.

The Misak society is mainly patriarchal and agriculture is the base of their economy. Coffee, cassava, potatoes, beans, cabbage among are the main products cultivated by them.

The Guambiano/ Misak people are known for their traditional clothing: blue scarf (worn as a sarong, rectangular ponchos and hat for the men; black skirt, solid color top, blue scarf and hat for the women.

References

↑ Gow, D.D. (2008). Countering Development: Indigenous Modernity and the Moral Imagination. Duke University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780822388807. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
↑ [The Drama of Life]: Guambiano Life Cycle Customs Judith Branks, Juan B. Sanchez SIL International, 1978 - 107 pages

Ministerio de Cultura 2010: "Misak (Guambianos), la gente del agua, del conocimiento y de los sueños". Bogotá.
Pachón, Ximena 1987: "Guambía"; Introducción a la Colombia Amerindia: 235-248. Instituto Colombiano de Antropología; Bogotá. ISBN 958-612-051-1
Vásquez de Ruiz, Beatriz 1988: La predicaión en Guambiano; CCELA, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá. ISSN 0120-9507

Ancestry and ethnicity in Colombia

Indigenous peoples	Achagua Andaqui Andoque Arhuaco Awa-Kwaiker Baniwa Barasana Bora Calima Cauca Carabayo Carijona Chimila Chitarero Cocamilla Cofán Cubeo Emberá Embera-Wounaan Guahibo Guambiano Guane Guayupe Kuna Hiwi Hup Inga Kamëntsá Kankuamo Kogi Lache Macuna Mokaná Motilon Muisca Muzo Nukak Nutabes Paez Panche Patángoro Piaroa Pijao Quechua Quimbaya Siona Siriano Sutagao Tahamí Tairona Tegua Ticuna Tinigua Tucano U'wa Wayuu Witoto Yagua Yarigui Yukpa Zenú

Afro- Colombians	Raizal Palenquero Negro Mulato Cimarron Zambo Mandinga

Immigrants	Arab Colombians (Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian) Japanese Colombians Mestizo Colombians White Colombians Basque Colombians German Colombian Italian Colombian Jewish-Colombian Spanish Colombians Uruguayan Colombians

See Also Lists of Colombians Race and ethnicity in Colombia

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