Lost Indian Worlds

Lost Indian Worlds				searched for this ethnic group (Toromona), became
Copyright (c) Juraj Sipos				quite famous by his disappearance (1997), we still
Indian tribes				know nothing about the existence of the Toromona
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The main focus of this article is to outline some				unknown ethnic groups in the world; their number in a
historical and esoteric subjects related to the area of				group is about 20 to 400 aborigines.
the Amazon, where is the presence of many native				Bolivia: Sinabo/Kapuibo (Nahua), Yanaigua, Yuqui...
tribes, some of them even unknown to us. The world				Brazil: Apiaka, Apurina, Arua, Ava-Canoeiros, Guaja,
is more importantly aware of the situation of various				Ingarune, Kanibo (Mayo), Kaniwa (Korubo),
native people, who live in isolation, and it is almost				Karafawyana, Karitiana, Katawixi, Kayapo do Rio
unbelievable that animals have better protection than				Liberdade, Kayapo-Pu'ro, Kayapo-Pituiaro,
groups of people living freely in nature, if their wish is to				Kayapo-Kararao, Kulina, Maku (Nadeb),
stay forever in isolation. A desire to live this way is the				MamaindÃ©, Hi-Marima, Mayoruna, Miqueleno
legitimate right - the basic right... The situation of these				(Cujubi), Nereyana, Pakaa-Nova, Papavo group, then
people is, however, appalling even in spite of the UNO's				Pariuaia, Piriutiti, SaterÃ©, Tupi-Kawahib (Piripicura),
recommendations.				Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, Wayapi (Yawapi), Yakarawakta...
The Madidi National Park				Columbia: Karabayo, Guaviare Macusa
One of the most attractive and arcane natural parks is				Ecuador: Huaorani
the Madidi National Park, which was established on				Guyana: Wapishana
September 21, 1995. It covers the area of almost				French Guiana: Wayapi
19,000 km2 and it is on the Bolivia-Peru border in Latin				Peru: Morunahua, Parquenahua, Pisabo
America. There is not even a full list of the flora and				Surinam: Akulio
fauna in the area, as this place has been explored only				Venezuela: Yanomami
a little until now.				Paraguay: Totobiegosode clan
The National Geographic classifies this area as "the				Aramu Muru
reservation with the richest biodiversity in the world".				Aramu Muru, a mysterious door found only recently
The population consists of various groups, of the				(1996), can be photographed some 34 km from Puno,
uncontacted people, too. In our history, Indians were				a city in Peru in 3825 m above the sea level near the
abused by the influx of white settlers, who made				lake Titicaca. After discovering this mysterious door, a
slaves of them, and this is the dark side of the Latin				wider public became more interested in an Indian
America's history, but in North America it was not				legend that spoke of a "gate to the land of Gods". The
much too better. Many Indian tribes experienced their				"stargate" near the lake Titicaca is a stone
worst times particularly in the period of the so-called				construction seven meters high and seven meters
"rubber industry", when white migrants massacred				wide. There is a legend about an Incan priest, Aramu
them often.				Muru, who belonged to the "seven rays cult"; one day
During the age when South America was first				he set off from Tiahuanaco to Cusco with a golden
explored, some historians followed various native tribes				disc that represented the "Key of the Seven Rays
that had never come into contact with the white				Gods". The disc had allegedly controlled openings into
culture. One of such tribes is the alleged Toromona				subterranean tunnels. The priest disappeared on his
group of people. During the colonization, Spaniards did				way and nobody has ever seen him since then.
not have much luck to settle down in the area of the				Native people living nearby say that strange
Amazon, where their main goal was to find a secret				phenomena can be seen sometimes near this door,
place called Patiti - an alleged hiding place of the Incas'				for example, high men accompanied by shining "balls of
biggest treasures, which the Incas concealed from				light", or "people" entering into this door and
Spaniards. There are also some historical records that				disappearing there. For those who live here, it is clear
confirm the fact that the Incas sealed subterranean				evidence that legends really contain messages of
tunnels in ritual ceremonies.				gods. In addition, there are many historical records
Toromona Indians contacted the white civilization only				about tunnels in South America; these reports
in battle. It is known that they supported the Incas and				appeared immediately after Spaniards found that the
there are historical records about this tribe, albeit it has				Incas concealed most of their gold and used the tunnel
never been found. One of their chieftains became				system to hide it. Does not the "door" of Aramu Muru
famous in a battle against Spaniards and records say				look like an entrance into the underground?
that his name was Tarano.				More from history
Sometimes in the 20th century, Protestant missionaries				There are theories about an ancient migration from
observed, during their flight above the Amazon area,				Asia to America. Nobody denies that the ancient
an isolated group of Indians somewhere near the				history of South America can yet even today reveal
Madre de Dios River and they came to a conclusion				unknown secrets from the time of many years before
that it could be these Toromona people. However,				Christ, and that more civilizations co-existed here. Albeit
later - after making a personal contact with them -				scholars consider the Olmecs to be the oldest
they identified them as quite a different group				civilization, other cultures like Pucara and Tiahuanaco
(Araona), the number of which is about one hundred				(Tiwanaku) are often mentioned in historical relation to
and they live in vulnerable conditions; however, they				the lake Titicaca, from the waters of which Manco
linguistically belong to the same group as the				Capac and Mama Ocllo arose - as the legends say -
Toromona tribe.				who founded the Inca Empire. There is an Island of the
Cordillera Apolobamba is probably the least explored				Sun with very ancient temple in the middle of the lake.
area in the Andes. It is a line of hills - cordillera, the				Before the Inca Empire, the AymarÃ¡ culture lived
highest peak of which is Chaupi Orco at 6044 m				here. It is the ethnic group living in part of the Andes,
above the sea level. Many people consider this				especially in Peru and Bolivia, even today. The heritage
particular part of the Andes to be a place where El				of this culture is also Pachamama (Mother of God),
Dorado or Patiti can be found. Apolobamba has a				who has her shrines in Peru and Bolivia. The Incas
unique eco environment with unknown species of				absorbed Pachamama as a "dragon goddess" of
fauna and flora. Father Miguel Cavello Balboa wrote				fertility, but the best translation is "Mother Earth". The
about one city of gold and he described Patiti as a				AymarÃ¡ culture, which had prospered near the
place protected by warrior women; he also mentioned				lake Titicaca already some 1500 years before Christ,
the Toromona tribe with notes that it did not have any				left various archeological artifacts here. In the 15th
mercy in killing.				century, the Incas conquered this civilization.
A route from La Paz (capitol of Bolivia) to Pelechuca				The Incas
(a little city in the heart of Apolobamba) takes about 14				Most historians agree that the Incas had 13 emperors:
hours by bus and civilized people seldom visit such a				1. Manco Capac, 2. Sinchi Roca, 3. Lloque Yupanqui, 4.
wild region. This is certainly one of the reasons why				Maita Capac, 5. Capac Yupanqui, 6. Inca Roca, 7.
this area is known so little. Apolobamba ends with the				Yahuar Huacac, 8. Inca Viracocha, 9.
Amazon forest on its eastern side; many people died				Pachacuti-Inca-Yupanqui, 10. Topa Inca Yupanqui, 11.
here, as they thought that a way to the legendary "lost				Huayna Capac, 12. Huascar, 13. Atahuallpa. The Inca
city" starts somewhere here. Madre de Dios forest				Empire arose in the year 1200 AD and ended in 1535
starts here, too; if translated, it is the Mother (Madre) of				AD.
(de) God (Dios).				People in Peru, Bolivia and the rest of the Inca Empire
A well-known British traveler Percy Fawcett made				were not all the "true Incas", but Indians of the
several expeditions to the Amazon including this region				Quechua and AymarÃ¡ origin. The Incas were the
(Apolobamba) and in 1914 he met one Indian tribe called				elite governors of other race, who were convinced
Maxubis in the region of Mato Grosso (Brazil). These				that they had come from a bearded messenger of
people were sun worshippers. They showed him				gods, whom they worshipped as Viracocha. It is
some signs to prove that they had come from a much				known that this is the reason why they welcomed
higher civilization.				Spaniards with such a great respect; however, they
We can speak about two types of "alienated" Indian or				made a mistake and their genocide followed soon.
native tribes - 1) the isolated and 2) the uncontacted				After the Spanish colonization the Indians, who refused
ones. Whereabouts of the isolated are known, but				to become Christians, were made slaves. The Inca
they refuse to come into contact with us. There may				Empire was remarkable by making it possible to build
be some information about the uncontacted, but the				the territorially biggest Empire in the pre-Columbian
contact has never been established. The word				America and its political center was Cusco, a city in
"contact" is important to understand here, as it means				nowadays Peru. The Empire did not last too long.
more than just one meeting with a member of the				Spaniards destroyed it in the 16th century also
majority race. For example, among the uncontacted is				because the Empire was undergoing a severe crisis in
the Toromona tribe, but also Huaorani or Tagaeri,				the time when Atahualpa, who reigned in the North,
though the existence of the Toromona people requires				and his brother Huascar, engaged in combats against
an independent confirmation.				each other. Thus, the Spanish conquistador, Francisco
On January 18, 2007, FUNAI (Fundacao Nacional do				Pizarro, entered into historical records as the
Indio), which is a Brazil's national institute for protection				conqueror of the Inca Empire.
of Indians, confirmed the presence of 67 tribes as the				The Incas, when they understood that they lost in the
uncontacted, while in the year 2005 FUNAI reported				war, ran away into the mountains. Many of them fell to
the number of 40.				slavery or were killed by diseases that Europeans had
Albeit the Norwegian biologists Lars Hafskjold, who				brought here.

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