Yukpa people

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The Yukpa people are an Indigenous group of the Sierra de Perijá region along the Colombia–Venezuela border, known for their distinct Cariban language and traditional subsistence farming and hunting practices.

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Label Occurrences
Yukpa people canonical 12

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
continent South America
country Colombia
Venezuela
culturalArea Caribbean cultural area
ethnicGroupOf Colombia
Venezuela
facingIssue deforestation
displacement
land conflicts
mining pressure
hasArtForm basketry
body painting
ceremonial dress
traditional music
hasCustom oral tradition
ritual dances
shamanic healing
language Yukpa language
languageFamily Cariban languages
linked to: Carib languages
locatedAlong Colombia–Venezuela border
locatedIn Sierra de Perijá
mainCrops beans
cassava
maize
plantain
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Colombia
Indigenous people of Venezuela
region Cesar Department
La Guajira Department
Zulia State
relatedEthnicGroup Barí people
Wayuu people
religion animism
syncretic Christianity
socialOrganization clan-based structure
extended family groups
traditionalEconomy subsistence economy
traditionalHousing thatched-roof houses
traditionalLeadership chiefs
elders
traditionalSubsistence farming
fishing
gathering
hunting
usesAgriculturalMethod slash-and-burn agriculture

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

Yukpa language ethnicGroup Yukpa people
Yuco spokenBy Yukpa people
Yuco ethnicGroup Yukpa people
Yupa spokenBy Yukpa people
Yupa ethnicGroupAssociated Yukpa people
Yucpa spokenBy Yukpa people
Irapa Yukpa spokenBy Yukpa people
Yuko spokenBy Yukpa people
Yukpa language spokenBy Yukpa people
subject linked to: Yuko