Wayuu people

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wayuu_people

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Indigenous people
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Colombia gptkb:Venezuela
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Wayuu_flag
gptkbp:governingBody	gptkb:Wayuu_traditional_authorities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Wayuu people
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Arawakan_languages
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:Wayuu_language
gptkbp:matrilinealSociety	true
gptkbp:notableFestival	gptkb:Yonna_dance
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Cecilia_Barroso gptkb:Ruth_Chaparro
gptkbp:population	~400,000
gptkbp:recognizedBy	gptkb:Colombian_government gptkb:Venezuelan_government
gptkbp:region	gptkb:La_Guajira_Peninsula
gptkbp:relatedEthnicGroup	gptkb:Arawak_people
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Roman_Catholicism gptkb:Traditional_Wayuu_religion
gptkbp:subsistence	fishing weaving herding
gptkbp:traditionalCraft	gptkb:Wayuu_mochila_bags
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Wayuu weaving
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Guajira_Peninsula
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5