Guajiro people
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The Guajiro people, also known as the Wayuu, are an Indigenous group of the Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela, recognized for their matrilineal social structure, pastoralist traditions, and rich weaving and oral storytelling culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guajiro people canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12896739 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Guajiro people Context triple: [Michel Perrin, ethnographicFocus, Guajiro people]
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Criollo people
The Criollo people are Latin Americans of primarily Spanish descent who formed a distinct colonial-born elite and played a central role in the independence movements across Spanish America.
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B.
Chiquitano people
The Chiquitano people are an Indigenous group of the lowland regions of eastern Bolivia, known for their distinct language, traditional communal lifestyles, and historical association with Jesuit mission settlements.
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C.
Guale people
The Guale people were a Native American group who inhabited the coastal regions of what is now Georgia and northern Florida, known for their complex chiefdoms and early, often resistant, interactions with Spanish colonizers.
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D.
Serrano people
The Serrano people are an Indigenous group of Southern California whose traditional homeland spans the San Bernardino Mountains and surrounding desert regions, where they have long maintained distinct cultural, linguistic, and spiritual traditions.
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E.
Salasaca people
The Salasaca people are an indigenous Kichwa-speaking community of the Ecuadorian Andes known for their rich textile traditions and strong preservation of ancestral customs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Guajiro people Target entity description: The Guajiro people, also known as the Wayuu, are an Indigenous group of the Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela, recognized for their matrilineal social structure, pastoralist traditions, and rich weaving and oral storytelling culture.
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A.
Criollo people
The Criollo people are Latin Americans of primarily Spanish descent who formed a distinct colonial-born elite and played a central role in the independence movements across Spanish America.
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B.
Chiquitano people
The Chiquitano people are an Indigenous group of the lowland regions of eastern Bolivia, known for their distinct language, traditional communal lifestyles, and historical association with Jesuit mission settlements.
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C.
Guale people
The Guale people were a Native American group who inhabited the coastal regions of what is now Georgia and northern Florida, known for their complex chiefdoms and early, often resistant, interactions with Spanish colonizers.
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D.
Serrano people
The Serrano people are an Indigenous group of Southern California whose traditional homeland spans the San Bernardino Mountains and surrounding desert regions, where they have long maintained distinct cultural, linguistic, and spiritual traditions.
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E.
Salasaca people
The Salasaca people are an indigenous Kichwa-speaking community of the Ecuadorian Andes known for their rich textile traditions and strong preservation of ancestral customs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amerindian people
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Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Wayuu people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wayúu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artForm |
hammock weaving
ⓘ
mochila bag weaving ⓘ textile art ⓘ |
| borderStraddlingGroup | Colombia–Venezuela border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateOfHomeland |
arid
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semi-desert ⓘ |
| conflictResolution | pütchipü’ü (palabrero) mediation system ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country |
Colombia
ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
oral storytelling
ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ traditional music ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
| descentTracedThrough | mother ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
handicrafts
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small-scale agriculture ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
| kinshipSystem | clan-based ⓘ |
| language | Wayuu language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
northern Colombia
ⓘ
northwestern Venezuela ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Guajira Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | clan chiefs ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Colombian government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Venezuelan government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Falcon State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Guajira Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Zulia State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
traditional Wayuu religion ⓘ |
| socialStructure | matrilineal ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy | pastoralism ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | rancherías ⓘ |
| traditionalLivestock |
cattle
ⓘ
donkeys ⓘ goats ⓘ horses ⓘ sheep ⓘ |
| UNESCOIntangibleHeritageRelated | Wayuu normative system applied by the pütchipü’üi (Wayuu palabrero) ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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Subject: Guajiro people Description of subject: The Guajiro people, also known as the Wayuu, are an Indigenous group of the Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela, recognized for their matrilineal social structure, pastoralist traditions, and rich weaving and oral storytelling culture.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.