Cubeo

Definitions

1. The Tucanoan language spoken by the Cubeo people.
2. A member of the ethnic group(s) in Vaupés Department, Colombia which traditionally speak(s) this language.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Cubeo are largely an indoor people. Children play⟳ outside and there are occasions when the older men sit⟳ on the plaza in the shade of the house. But in the main, adults spend⟳ their leisure time indoors, […]”

“The Cubeos are Tucano speaking groups, who lack a tribal identification. The community , as a basic unit, is formed by a patrilocal and patrilineal exogamic sib. These sibs do not necessarily have⟳ the same ethno-linguistic[…]”

“[…] the Cubeos are distinctive because they have⟳ maintained an elaborate mourning ritual designed to dismiss the souls of deceased community members.”

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