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The Bari People

(Motilones)

Economy

Division of Labor

  • The Bari have a traditional South American Rainforest division of labor.
  • Men: clear fields, fish, and hunt
  • Women: Harvest, cook, and weave
  • ( The Bari people are noted for their flexibility in the work force.)

The Bari Diet

Trade

  • The Bari people used items such as knives and drinking gourds to trade for items they needed.
  • Now days Bari people buy clothes, tools, and other items from small shopkeepers.
  • Traditionally, the bari diet consisted of bananas, plantains, and ocasionally fish and other game they had hunted.
  • Their main crop was bananas, which occupied about 80% of their diet.
  • Contemporary Bari people own several head of cattle, and their crops consist of rice, beans, and cacao, although many families maintain a traditional banana field.

Industrial Arts

  • Traditional Bari material items consisted of les than 40 items.
  • Only arrows and women's skirts were made in surplus.
  • It appears that all artifcats were made in only one step, and were not very time consuming.

Adrianna Vinton

Early Interactions

  • The first menchon of the Bari people in history dates back to 1622. This consisted of their tribe laying an attack on the Spanish trade.
  • The Spanish raided their lands, burning their houses, destroyed their crops, and toook them as slaves. ( Their population was reduced dramatically due to this.

Location

Settlements

  • The Bari are located on the border of Columbia and Venezuela.
  • ( There are approximately 500 people in Columbia and 1100 people in Venezuela.)

History of the Tribe

Population

  • The traditional Bari people were divided into local groups of approximately fifty people, and each group had 100 to 1000 km of territory.
  • There were, on average, two to five communal longhouses in each settlement, distanced by at least a half-a-days walk.
  • The Bari people's population was reduced dramatically due to the slave trade, and an epidemic of measles.
  • There are now around 1,600 Bari people remaining in the world.

Cultural Relations

  • The Bari people lived near monasteries of Capuchin monks, and interacted with them frequently.
  • These monks helped them with everyday life, and protected them against Columbian Indian Killers, who hunted the Bari on a regular basis.
  • They interact with many neighboring tribes in the columbia/venezuela area

Location and Population

Origin

  • The Bari people were originated in the tropical rainforests of South America, where they remain today.
  • They are an offspring group of many other tribes surrounding the area.

The Bari's Location

Language

Language and Culture

  • The Bari people have a language of their own called "Bari"
  • This is classified as a chibchan language.

Ceremonies

  • The Bari lived a very simple life, so not many ceremonies took place.
  • The only important one took place when some or all of the members of a local group visited another local group
  • They would sing together, and swing as high as possible in the longhouse hammocks.
  • Then they would traditionally exchange gifts

Religious Beliefs

  • The Bari believe that the universe is composed of various levels, of which this is the middle.
  • A culture hero, Sabaseba (Old Wind) is responsible for the form of the world, and the cultural practices of the Bari.

Sources

  • Beckerman, Stephen. "Barí." Encyclopedia of World Cultures. 1996. Retrieved November 05, 2013 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3458001155.html
  • Olson, B. (n.d.). Motilone, bari of venezuela. Retrieved from http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=13833&rog3=VE
  • John, A. (n.d.). Bari. Retrieved from http://intercontinentalcry.org/peoples/bari/
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