Desana people

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The Desana people are an Indigenous group of the northwest Amazon, primarily inhabiting areas of Colombia and Brazil, known for their complex cosmology, ritual practices, and rich linguistic and artistic traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people
Indigenous people
South American indigenous people
ethnic group
arePartOf Tukanoan peoples NERFINISHED
artForm basketry
body painting
geometric designs
ritual masks
continent South America
cosmologicalSymbol anaconda-canoe ancestor
river as cosmic path
cosmology complex cosmology involving multiple cosmic layers
origin myths linked to rivers and anacondas
cosmologyFeature tripartite universe of sky, earth, and underworld
country Brazil
Colombia
culturalArea Northwest Amazon cultural area NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Brazil NERFINISHED
Colombia NERFINISHED
kinshipSystem complex alliance networks
knowledgeSystem astronomical knowledge linked to ritual calendar
language Desano language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Tucanoan languages NERFINISHED
mainSettlementPattern riverine settlements
marriageRule linguistic exogamy
neighboringGroups Barasana people NERFINISHED
Cubeo people NERFINISHED
Tukano people NERFINISHED
oralTradition myths
ritual chants
practice communal ceremonies
ritual chanting
ritual use of yagé
shamanism
region northwest Amazon
religion indigenous Amazonian religion
ritualSpace communal longhouse
ritualSpecialist shaman
socialStructure exogamous marriage rules
patrilineal clans
subsistence fishing
hunting and gathering
swidden horticulture
traditionalTerritory Rio Negro basin NERFINISHED
Vaupés River region NERFINISHED
useOfPlants hallucinogenic plants in ritual
medicinal plants

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Mitú indigenousPeoples Desana people
Cubeo people relatedEthnicGroup Desana people