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Meaning of buscar el maloca




Jimeno Álvarez

buscar el maloca
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A Maloca was a term used among Europeans ( mainly speakers of Portuguese ) during the conquest and Spanish colonization of the Americas, to refer to an armed expedition to capture Indians to enslave them.

  




Jimeno Álvarez

allocate m = malokaLa traditional dwelling was the maloka. This multi-family house, although it is no longer the place for habitation, remains the hub of socio-cultural and ritual life. Having a maloka in a village is sign of prestige and activity, because it acts in order to prevent disease, promote the good harvest and ensure the cohesion of the group dances and ceremonies are developed. Currently the uitoto live in communities where they build individual houses around a maloka where chieftain and his family live.

  



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