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Colombian Amazon Foodways

La Amazonía

Regional

Amazonas, Caquetá, Guainía, Guaviare, Putumayo and Vaupés — around a third of the national territory, a very small share of the population, and the greatest linguistic diversity in Colombia. BITTER YUCA, processed by grating, pressing in a tipiti or matafrío and roasting, into CASABE and FARIÑA/mañoco, which store for months in a climate where nothing else does. River fish — pirarucú, gamitana, bocachico, the enormous catfish of the main channel. Plantain. Palm fruits: canangucho/moriche, asaí, milpesos, chontaduro. Forest fruits: copoazú, arazá, camu camu, cocona, umarí. And the ANT and larva foods eaten in season. ⚠ NOT ONE CUISINE: dozens of peoples in several unrelated language families live here.

Atlas — where and when

Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Tikuna community documented
  • Murui-Muinane community documented
  • Bora community documented
  • Andoque community documented
  • Cubeo community documented
  • Yukuna community documented
  • Nukak community documented

Languages: Spanish, Ticuna, Murui Huitoto, Minica Huitoto, Bora, Andoque, Cubeo, Desano, Tucano, Siriano, Yucuna, Koreguaje, Nukak Makú, Colombian Inga, Camsá, Cofán

Regional cuisines

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