NAZA

By Isabel Cristina Hurtado Lopera

Is the indigenous population of Colombia that represents the Naza.

13,4%

They are concentrated mainly in the Tierradentro region, between the departments of Huila and Cauca. Some have settled in the south of Tolima, in the department of Valle, and others migrated to Caquetá and Putumayo.

MYTHOLOGY

According to Nasa mythology, our first grandparents and parents lived in the other other earth, in a single home. Now, with the origin of life in our new home (Earth), inhabited by themselves, the first inhabited by themselves, the first parents and grandparents are the guardians and protectors of the Nasa world.

The Thunder (Eakathe´)The Arch (Pxthus)The mountain watchman (Daatxi) The wind (wejxa) The earth's namer (Kiwe yase) The goblin (Klxum)

SOME DEITES

Nasa Yuwe people, or "people of the water".

history

Upon the arrival of the Spaniards, the Nasa Indians lived dispersed in what is now known as Tierradentro in the Department of Cauca. Despite their strong resistance to Spanish colonization, in the middle of the 16th century the missions were established in these territories. "Since then, the Nasa have undertaken numerous struggles for their territory, competing with the Pijao, Guambiano and Guanaca. In response to colonization, in the early twentieth century, they organized an insurgency movement led by the indigenous Manuel Quintín Lame, who together with José Gonzalo Sánchez, a native of the municipality of Totoró, fought for the recovery of lost territories and for their recognition as indigenous Colombians".

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