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Inga, Kamëntsá and the Andean-Amazon Piedmont

Indigenous

The Sibundoy valley of Putumayo, where the Andes meet the Amazon, holds the INGA — a Quechuan-speaking people whose presence this far north is a documented consequence of Inca or pre-Inca movement — and the KAMËNTSÁ, whose language is a genetic ISOLATE with no known relatives. Maize, beans, potato and highland crops meeting yuca, plantain and forest fruit; the CHAGRA garden; chicha; and the famous woven and carved crafts. ⚠ THE SIBUNDOY VALLEY IS ALSO KNOWN FOR YAGÉ/AYAHUASCA AND ITS TAITAS. That is ritual and medicinal practice, not foodways, and this system records its existence and nothing about its conduct or preparation.

Atlas — where and when

Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Inga community documented
  • Kamëntsá community documented
  • Cofán community documented

Languages: Colombian Inga, Camsá, Cofán

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

  • related to Quechua Foodways documented

    Inga is a Quechuan language spoken in the Colombian Andean-Amazon piedmont — the northern edge of the family.

Recipes

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