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Lost Indian Worlds

Lost  Indian  WorldsHowever, it is known that Lars had only one
goal - to find this tribe, which is a puzzle
Copyright  (c)  Juraj  Siposto  many  historians.
Indian  tribesUncontacted  tribes  in  South  America
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some historical and esoteric subjects related
to the area of the Amazon, where is theBrazil: Apiaka, Apurina, Arua, Ava-Canoeiros,
presence of many native tribes, some of themGuaja, Ingarune, Kanibo (Mayo), Kaniwa
even unknown to us. The world is more(Korubo), Karafawyana, Karitiana, Katawixi,
importantly aware of the situation of variousKayapo do Rio Liberdade, Kayapo-Pu'ro,
native people, who live in isolation, and itKayapo-Pituiaro, Kayapo-Kararao, Kulina, Maku
is almost unbelievable that animals have(Nadeb), Mamaindé, Hi-Marima, Mayoruna,
better protection than groups of peopleMiqueleno (Cujubi), Nereyana, Pakaa-Nova,
living freely in nature, if their wish is toPapavo group, then Pariuaia, Piriutiti,
stay forever in isolation. A desire to liveSateré, Tupi-Kawahib (Piripicura),
this way is the legitimate right - the basicUru-Eu-Wau-Wau, Wayapi (Yawapi),
right... The situation of these people is,Yakarawakta...
however, appalling even in spite of the UNO's
recommendations.Columbia:  Karabayo,  Guaviare  Macusa
The  Madidi  National  ParkEcuador:  Huaorani
One of the most attractive and arcane naturalGuyana:  Wapishana
parks is the Madidi National Park, which was
established on September 21, 1995. It coversFrench  Guiana:  Wayapi
the area of almost 19,000 km2 and it is on
the Bolivia-Peru border in Latin America.Peru:  Morunahua,  Parquenahua,  Pisabo
There is not even a full list of the flora
and fauna in the area, as this place has beenSurinam:  Akulio
explored  only  a  little  until  now.
Venezuela:  Yanomami
The National Geographic classifies this area
as "the reservation with the richestParaguay:  Totobiegosode  clan
biodiversity in the world". The population
consists of various groups, of theAramu  Muru
uncontacted people, too. In our history,
Indians were abused by the influx of whiteAramu Muru, a mysterious door found only
settlers, who made slaves of them, and thisrecently (1996), can be photographed some 34
is the dark side of the Latin America'skm from Puno, a city in Peru in 3825 m above
history, but in North America it was not muchthe sea level near the lake Titicaca. After
too better. Many Indian tribes experienceddiscovering this mysterious door, a wider
their worst times particularly in the periodpublic became more interested in an Indian
of the so-called "rubber industry", whenlegend that spoke of a "gate to the land of
white  migrants  massacred  them  often.Gods". The "stargate" near the lake Titicaca
is a stone construction seven meters high and
During the age when South America was firstseven meters wide. There is a legend about an
explored, some historians followed variousIncan priest, Aramu Muru, who belonged to the
native tribes that had never come into"seven rays cult"; one day he set off from
contact with the white culture. One of suchTiahuanaco to Cusco with a golden disc that
tribes is the alleged Toromona group ofrepresented the "Key of the Seven Rays Gods".
people. During the colonization, SpaniardsThe disc had allegedly controlled openings
did not have much luck to settle down in theinto subterranean tunnels. The priest
area of the Amazon, where their main goal wasdisappeared on his way and nobody has ever
to find a secret place called Patiti - anseen  him  since  then.
alleged hiding place of the Incas' biggest
treasures, which the Incas concealed fromNative people living nearby say that strange
Spaniards. There are also some historicalphenomena can be seen sometimes near this
records that confirm the fact that the Incasdoor, for example, high men accompanied by
sealed subterranean tunnels in ritualshining "balls of light", or "people"
ceremonies.entering into this door and disappearing
there. For those who live here, it is clear
Toromona Indians contacted the whiteevidence that legends really contain messages
civilization only in battle. It is known thatof gods. In addition, there are many
they supported the Incas and there arehistorical records about tunnels in South
historical records about this tribe, albeitAmerica; these reports appeared immediately
it has never been found. One of theirafter Spaniards found that the Incas
chieftains became famous in a battle againstconcealed most of their gold and used the
Spaniards and records say that his name wastunnel system to hide it. Does not the "door"
Tarano.of Aramu Muru look like an entrance into the
underground?
Sometimes in the 20th century, Protestant
missionaries observed, during their flightMore  from  history
above the Amazon area, an isolated group of
Indians somewhere near the Madre de DiosThere are theories about an ancient migration
River and they came to a conclusion that itfrom Asia to America. Nobody denies that the
could be these Toromona people. However,ancient history of South America can yet even
later - after making a personal contact withtoday reveal unknown secrets from the time of
them - they identified them as quite amany years before Christ, and that more
different group (Araona), the number of whichcivilizations co-existed here. Albeit
is about one hundred and they live inscholars consider the Olmecs to be the oldest
vulnerable conditions; however, theycivilization, other cultures like Pucara and
linguistically belong to the same group asTiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) are often mentioned in
the  Toromona  tribe.historical relation to the lake Titicaca,
from the waters of which Manco Capac and Mama
Cordillera Apolobamba is probably the leastOcllo arose - as the legends say - who
explored area in the Andes. It is a line offounded the Inca Empire. There is an Island
hills - cordillera, the highest peak of whichof the Sun with very ancient temple in the
is Chaupi Orco at 6044 m above the sea level.middle  of  the  lake.
Many people consider this particular part of
the Andes to be a place where El Dorado orBefore the Inca Empire, the Aymará culture
Patiti can be found. Apolobamba has a uniquelived here. It is the ethnic group living in
eco environment with unknown species of faunapart of the Andes, especially in Peru and
and flora. Father Miguel Cavello Balboa wroteBolivia, even today. The heritage of this
about one city of gold and he describedculture is also Pachamama (Mother of God),
Patiti as a place protected by warrior women;who has her shrines in Peru and Bolivia. The
he also mentioned the Toromona tribe withIncas absorbed Pachamama as a "dragon
notes that it did not have any mercy ingoddess" of fertility, but the best
killing.translation is "Mother Earth". The Aymará
culture, which had prospered near the lake
A route from La Paz (capitol of Bolivia) toTiticaca already some 1500 years before
Pelechuca (a little city in the heart ofChrist, left various archeological artifacts
Apolobamba) takes about 14 hours by bus andhere. In the 15th century, the Incas
civilized people seldom visit such a wildconquered  this  civilization.
region. This is certainly one of the reasons
why this area is known so little. ApolobambaThe  Incas
ends with the Amazon forest on its eastern
side; many people died here, as they thoughtMost historians agree that the Incas had 13
that a way to the legendary "lost city"emperors: 1. Manco Capac, 2. Sinchi Roca, 3.
starts somewhere here. Madre de Dios forestLloque Yupanqui, 4. Maita Capac, 5. Capac
starts here, too; if translated, it is theYupanqui, 6. Inca Roca, 7. Yahuar Huacac, 8.
Mother  (Madre)  of  (de)  God  (Dios).Inca Viracocha, 9. Pachacuti-Inca-Yupanqui,
10. Topa Inca Yupanqui, 11. Huayna Capac, 12.
A well-known British traveler Percy FawcettHuascar, 13. Atahuallpa. The Inca Empire
made several expeditions to the Amazonarose in the year 1200 AD and ended in 1535
including this region (Apolobamba) and inAD.
1914 he met one Indian tribe called Maxubis
in the region of Mato Grosso (Brazil). ThesePeople in Peru, Bolivia and the rest of the
people were sun worshippers. They showed himInca Empire were not all the "true Incas",
some signs to prove that they had come from abut Indians of the Quechua and Aymará
much  higher  civilization.origin. The Incas were the elite governors of
other race, who were convinced that they had
We can speak about two types of "alienated"come from a bearded messenger of gods, whom
Indian or native tribes - 1) the isolated andthey worshipped as Viracocha. It is known
2) the uncontacted ones. Whereabouts of thethat this is the reason why they welcomed
isolated are known, but they refuse to comeSpaniards with such a great respect; however,
into contact with us. There may be somethey made a mistake and their genocide
information about the uncontacted, but thefollowed soon. After the Spanish colonization
contact has never been established. The wordthe Indians, who refused to become
"contact" is important to understand here, asChristians, were made slaves. The Inca Empire
it means more than just one meeting with awas remarkable by making it possible to build
member of the majority race. For example,the territorially biggest Empire in the
among the uncontacted is the Toromona tribe,pre-Columbian America and its political
but also Huaorani or Tagaeri, though thecenter was Cusco, a city in nowadays Peru.
existence of the Toromona people requires anThe Empire did not last too long. Spaniards
independent  confirmation.destroyed it in the 16th century also because
the Empire was undergoing a severe crisis in
On January 18, 2007, FUNAI (Fundacao Nacionalthe time when Atahualpa, who reigned in the
do Indio), which is a Brazil's nationalNorth, and his brother Huascar, engaged in
institute for protection of Indians,combats against each other. Thus, the Spanish
confirmed the presence of 67 tribes as theconquistador, Francisco Pizarro, entered into
uncontacted, while in the year 2005 FUNAIhistorical records as the conqueror of the
reported  the  number  of  40.Inca  Empire.
Albeit the Norwegian biologists LarsThe Incas, when they understood that they
Hafskjold, who searched for this ethnic grouplost in the war, ran away into the mountains.
(Toromona), became quite famous by hisMany of them fell to slavery or were killed
disappearance (1997), we still know nothingby diseases that Europeans had brought here.
about the existence of the Toromona tribe.



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