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Guayana and Orinoco Foodways

Regional

Bolívar and the Orinoco: the Guayana Shield, the tepuis, the Gran Sabana and the Caroní. River fish — the enormous LAU LAU and valentón catfish, morocoto, pavón, curbinata, and the sapoara of the Orinoco at Ciudad Bolívar, whose brief August run has its own festival. QUESO GUAYANÉS. CASABE and the yuca. Palm fruits — moriche above all. And the gold and diamond mining of the Arco Minero, which has brought mercury into the rivers and therefore into the fish. ⚠ THAT CONTAMINATION IS DOCUMENTED and falls on the people who eat the most river fish.

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Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Pemón community documented
  • Ye’kwana community documented

Languages: Spanish, Pemon, Ye'kwana

What is recorded

  • Gold and diamond mining in the Arco Minero has introduced documented mercury contamination into Orinoco basin rivers and fish. The burden falls disproportionately on communities dependent on river fish. documented

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