Achagua people

Achagua
Regions with significant populations
 Colombia,  Venezuela
Languages

Achagua
Religion

traditional tribal religion

The Achagua people (also Achawa and Axagua) are an indigenous people in Colombia and Venezuela[1]

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Culture

Achagua people live in large villages. Clans live together in communal houses. Polygamy is commonplace. They farm crops, such as bitter cassava. They traditionally poison their arrows with curare.[1]

Language

Achagua people speak the Achagua language, a Maipurean Arawakan language.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Achagua." Encyclopedia Britannica. (retrieved 1 Dec 2011)

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