Chiriguano (Ava Guarani)

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Guarani people Indigenous people ethnic group

Chiriguano (Ava Guarani) are an Indigenous Guarani-speaking people of the South American lowlands, primarily inhabiting regions of present-day Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay, known for their distinct cultural traditions and historical resistance to colonial expansion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Chiriguano (Ava Guarani) canonical	2
Chiriguano (Eastern Bolivian Guaraní)	1
Chiriguano (in some older sources, ambiguously)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Guarani people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName	Ava Guaraní ⓘ surface form: Ava Guarani Eastern Bolivian Guaraní ⓘ surface form: Eastern Bolivian Guarani
colonialPeriod	Spanish colonial era in South America ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Argentina ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ
culturalPractice	communal drinking of chicha ⓘ dance ceremonies ⓘ oral storytelling ⓘ ritual feasting ⓘ
culturalRegion	Chaco ⓘ surface form: Chaco region
culturalTrait	agriculture ⓘ hunting and gathering ⓘ slash-and-burn cultivation ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Argentina ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ
historicalConflict	conflicts with Inca Empire ⓘ wars against Spanish colonizers ⓘ
historicalExonym	Chiriguano ⓘ
knownFor	resistance to Bolivian state expansion ⓘ resistance to Spanish colonial expansion ⓘ
language	Ava Guarani language ⓘ
languageBranch	Guaraní ⓘ surface form: Guarani languages
languageFamily	Tupian languages ⓘ
missionHistory	Franciscan missions ⓘ Jesuit missions ⓘ
partOf	Guarani peoples ⓘ surface form: Guarani cultural area
primaryRegion	Bolivian lowlands ⓘ Gran Chaco ⓘ
recognizedAs	Indigenous people of Argentina ⓘ Indigenous people of Bolivia ⓘ Indigenous people of Paraguay ⓘ
relatedGroup	Kaiowá ⓘ Mbyá Guarani ⓘ surface form: Mbya Guarani Guaraní ⓘ surface form: Paraguayan Guarani
religion	Indigenous traditional religion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
selfDesignation	Ava ⓘ
socialOrganization	extended kin groups ⓘ village communities ⓘ
traditionalBelief	ancestor veneration ⓘ shamanism ⓘ
traditionalCrop	beans ⓘ maize ⓘ manioc ⓘ squash ⓘ
traditionalHousing	thatched houses ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guarani peoples → subgroup → Chiriguano (Ava Guarani) ⓘ

Tupi–Guaraní → hasLanguage → Chiriguano (Ava Guarani) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chiriguano (Eastern Bolivian Guaraní)

Ava Guaraní → hasAlternativeName → Chiriguano (Ava Guarani) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chiriguano (in some older sources, ambiguously)

Ñandeva Guarani → relatedEthnicGroup → Chiriguano (Ava Guarani) ⓘ