The story begins with two twin brothers called Tupi and Guarani . These brothers are married but their wives did not get along very well and fought all the time and had no choice but to separate. Each one started a new town but Despite spending time remain very similar in language, in their constumbres. So the Guarani have about their origins.
The Guarani were based in southern Brazil, eastern Bolivia and northeastern Paraguay and Argentina, when they had not yet conquistadors arrived. Some even came up near the present Buenos Aires and the Delta del Paraná. Chandules were called and another group came to the Bolivian Chaco calling them chiriguanos .
relations with the other groups were hostile in some cases but in others peaceful. Came to dominate many groups, as is the case of milkfish. Their language was learned by different people and was useful for use in the trade and commerce, and eventually became the general language known to the tribes of southern Brazil, Paraguay, eastern Bolivia and northeastern Argentina.
Today the main groups are the chiriguanos and Cainguás . The chandules disappeared shortly after the English installed. The
Cainguás were not included in the Jesuit missions and by the English encomienda. Its name means "the mountain." We recognize three groups main
- Mbyá : living in the south of Brazil, Paraguay and Misiones in Argentina. These were less influenced by Europeans.
- Chiripá : Southern Brazil and Paraguay.
- Nether-kaiová , also in southern Brazil and Paraguay.
mbyá have survived that were less acculturated. Today they are in Paraguay, southern Brazil and Misiones (Argentina). In 1985 it was estimated that there were 2,500 in Misiones. Earn their living by fishing, hunting, but with the destruction of the rainforest are losing their home. No longer manufactured but perform a ceramic baskets. The Guarani language is maintained and go to the bilingual school.
no longer build their home community they live in huts in separated families and therefore without the assistance of his family become much more strenuous work.
The land belonged to the community, so cultivated and used each sergún your needs. The English took control of much of their land property and signed papers that made them absolute owners thereof. The Guarani and were cornered to other lands and today the majority does not have these titles, becoming intruders without knowing when you need to migrate.
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no longer build their home community they live in huts in separated families and therefore without the assistance of his family become much more strenuous work.
The land belonged to the community, so cultivated and used each sergún your needs. The English took control of much of their land property and signed papers that made them absolute owners thereof. The Guarani and were cornered to other lands and today the majority does not have these titles, becoming intruders without knowing when you need to migrate.
