Chiriguano
South Americaother subsistence combinationsMap
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The present-day Chiriguano are the descendants of Tupí-Guaraní speakers who migrated across Paraguay (where a small population is found) to the foothills of the Bolivian Andes, where they absorbed the formerly Arawakan-speaking Chane and adopted much of their sedentary culture. The Izoceño subgroup is considered to reflect the greatest Chane influence. The Chiriguano practice swidden agriculture, fishing during the rainy season, and hunting. Beginning in the nineteenth century, hundreds of families migrated to northern Argentina to work on farms and sugarcane plantations. The Chiriguano practice a mixed religion of animism and Catholicism; most recently Evangelical sects have made inroads.
Identifier
Region
- South America
Subregion
- Southern South America
Subsistence Type
- other subsistence combinations
Samples
Countries
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Paraguay