Kankuamo
E927098
The Kankuamo are an Indigenous people of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, known for their traditional spiritual practices, agriculture, and close cultural ties to ancient sites such as Ciudad Perdida.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| collectiveNameWithRelatedGroups | Pueblos de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Colombia ⓘ |
| countryRecognitionStatus | officially recognized Indigenous people of Colombia GENERATED ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage |
traditional agriculture knowledge
ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ traditional weaving ⓘ |
| department |
Cesar Department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Guajira Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Magdalena Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCollectiveRightsTo | ancestral territory in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta ⓘ |
| hasCulturalTieTo |
Ciudad Perdida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Teyuna (Ciudad Perdida) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrganization | Organización Indígena Kankuama (OIK) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Kankuamo language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Chibchan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalCategoryInColombia | Indigenous community ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Indigenous peoples of Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationStatus | minority group in Colombia ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean region of Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Arhuaco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kogi NERFINISHED ⓘ Wiwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
traditional Kankuamo spirituality ⓘ |
| rightsFramework | protected under Colombian Constitution as Indigenous people ⓘ |
| sacredLandscape | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selfDesignation | Kankuamo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threat |
armed conflict in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
ⓘ
cultural assimilation ⓘ land dispossession ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthority | Indigenous cabildos (councils) ⓘ |
| traditionalBelief | cosmovision centered on Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta as sacred territory ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
bean cultivation ⓘ coffee cultivation ⓘ livestock raising ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ |
| traditionalPractice |
oral transmission of knowledge
ⓘ
rituals for territorial balance and harmony ⓘ spiritual offerings to sacred sites ⓘ use of traditional dress ⓘ |
| viewOfTerritory | territory conceived as living being ⓘ |
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