Pai Tavytera
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==Language== |
==Language== |
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The Pai Tavytera speak the [[Pai Tavytera language]], which is a [[Tupi-Guarani language]], division Guarani I. |
The Pai Tavytera speak the [[Pai Tavytera language]], which is a [[Tupi-Guarani language]], division Guarani I. Thy are rapidly adopting the more mainstream [[Guarani language]].[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pta "Pai Tavytera."] ''Ethnologue.'' Retrieved 17 Jan 2013. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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The Pai Tavytera are mostly likely the descendants of the '''Itatin Guaraní'''. They encountered Jesuit missionaries in the 17th century during the [[reducciones]] of eastern Paraguay. Many of them resisted assimilation. Following the violent [[Paraguayan War|War of the Triple Alliance]] in the 1870s, their lands were left alone, except for lumberers and harvesters of [[yerba mate]]. In recent years, an influx of settlers have disrupted the Pai |
The Pai Tavytera are mostly likely the descendants of the '''Itatin Guaraní'''. They encountered Jesuit missionaries in the 17th century during the [[reducciones]] of eastern Paraguay. Many of them resisted assimilation. Following the violent [[Paraguayan War|War of the Triple Alliance]] in the 1870s, their lands were left alone, except for lumberers and harvesters of [[yerba mate]]. In recent years, an influx of settlers have disrupted the Pai Tavytera's hunting lifestyle. |
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==Altar== |
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==Agriculture== |
==Agriculture== |
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[[File:Pai Tavytera Indians.jpg|thumb|280px|Pai Tavytera Indians, part of the Panambi'y tribe, in [[Amambay Department]], 2005]] |
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In the [[sub-tropical]] environment of eastern Paraguay, Pai Tavyter practice [[swidden]] agriculture. Their primary crop is [[maize]], supplemented with [[manioc]]. They also cultivate [[citrus]] trees, bananas, cotton, pineapples, rice, soybeans, and medicinal plants. Chickens, pigs, cattle, horses, and donkeys are popular farm animals. |
In the [[sub-tropical]] environment of eastern Paraguay, Pai Tavyter practice [[swidden]] agriculture. Their primary crop is [[maize]], supplemented with [[manioc]]. They also cultivate [[citrus]] trees, bananas, cotton, pineapples, rice, soybeans, and medicinal plants. Chickens, pigs, cattle, horses, and donkeys are popular farm animals. |
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