Huitoto (Witoto)
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The Huitoto (Witoto) are an Indigenous people of the northwestern Amazon rainforest, known for their complex cosmology, ritual use of coca and tobacco, and traditional longhouse communal life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Huitoto (Witoto) canonical | 2 |
| Witoto | 1 |
| Yaneshaʼ | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amerindian people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ |
| cosmologyFeature |
creation myths involving a primordial father figure
ⓘ
sacred status of coca and tobacco as gifts from creator beings ⓘ world ordered through word and breath in myths ⓘ |
| cultivates |
coca (for ritual use)
ⓘ
maize ⓘ manioc (cassava) ⓘ plantains ⓘ |
| culturalArea |
Amazon Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazonian lowlands
|
| engagesIn | cultural and linguistic revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Murui-Muinane people
ⓘ
surface form:
Murui-Muinane (broad ethnolinguistic label)
Uitoto ⓘ Huitoto (Witoto) ⓘ
surface form:
Witoto
|
| hasHistoricalExperience |
forced labor during the Amazon rubber boom
ⓘ
population decline due to violence and disease during rubber era ⓘ rubber boom exploitation in late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ |
| hasPopulationStatus |
endangered languages
ⓘ
relatively small population ⓘ |
| inhabitsCountry |
Brazil
ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ Peru ⓘ |
| inhabitsRegion | northwestern Amazon rainforest ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex cosmology
ⓘ
maloca ceremonial houses ⓘ mythological narratives about creation ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ ritual use of coca ⓘ ritual use of tobacco ⓘ traditional longhouse communal life ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
American Indian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
American Indigenous languages
Witotoan languages ⓘ |
| practices |
coca chewing in ritual contexts
ⓘ
shamanic healing rituals ⓘ tobacco snuff use in ceremonies ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroups |
Bora people
ⓘ
Nonuya people ⓘ Ocaina people ⓘ |
| religion |
animism
ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
clan-based system
ⓘ
patrilineal descent (in many groups) ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage |
Huitoto languages
ⓘ
Muinane (closely related language) ⓘ Murui (Huitoto language variety) ⓘ |
| subsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering forest products ⓘ hunting ⓘ swidden horticulture ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | maloca longhouse ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Caquetá River
ⓘ
surface form:
Caquetá River basin
Igara-Paraná River region ⓘ Putumayo River ⓘ
surface form:
Putumayo River basin
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Loreto Region
this entity surface form:
Yaneshaʼ
subject surface form:
Huitoto
this entity surface form:
Witoto