Ii-Ashaninkas, umtsalane wazo ovela ehlathini

IiAshaninkas, kwakhona  Eyaziwa ngokuba zii-chunchos, ii-campas okanye i-kuruparias, lelinye lamaqela amaAmazon ahlala ePeru. Kungenzeka ukuba i-Ashaninkas ibekhona ePeru ukusukela ngaphambi kokuvela kwe Ubukhosi beInca, ubungqina bazo zizixhobo zobhedu ezafunyanwa kwindawo yabo. Iqhayiya ngenkcubeko yabo, ama-Ashaninkas ashukunyiswa yimvakalelo yenkululeko, amaqhawe amabali amaninzi omzabalazo.

Okwangoku bangabagcini abathembekileyo bemithi yemithi, besilwa ngokugawulwa ngokungakhethiyo kwaye babalahla abo benza lo msebenzi. Ngaphambili ii-Ashaninkas zazihlala zisasazeke kwindawo enkulu yeAmazon yasePeru, ziwela iintlambo zemilambo Apurímac, Ene, Tambo, Perené kunye nePichis, kwaye zahlelwa ngokwamaqela amancinci, ezenziwe ziintsapho ezingagqithiyo ezintlanu, zikhokelwa ngu INkosi okanye iCuraca. Namhlanje banokufumaneka kwi-Lower Apurímac, e-Ene, eTambo, eSatipo, ePichis, e-Ucayali nasePachitea, kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba nakwezinye izibonelelo. Inxalenye yokufuduka kungenxa yobundlobongela bezopolitiko okanye umdla kwimithombo yehlathi, eyakhokelela ekubeni babelane ngomhlaba nolunye uhlanga, olona lwamkelweyo machiguenga. Ulwimi lwabo luyafana kakhulu nolwamaMachiguenese, kunye neempawu zabo zomzimba.

Ukunxibelelana kwakhe okokuqala nabavangeli baseFranciscan kwaqala ngenkulungwane yeshumi elinesixhenxe, kwaye namhlanje baphumelele kakhulu kuphuhliso, befumana ubutyebis kumasiko nenkcubeko, kunye nomsebenzi obalulekileyo wentengiso kunye noshishino. Ulwazi olufunyenweyo lubonisa ukuba ama-Ashaninkas angama-52, 461 ahlala kule milambo sele ikhankanyiwe, zonke zahlulwe zangumphakathi; Nangona kunjalo, kukho iqela elinokuthi, ngenxa yokufikelela okunzima kwindawo yabo, lingabonakali kulawulo lobalo. Kodwa kufuneka sibonise ukuba ii-Ashaninkas zenza elona qela libaluleke kakhulu lomthonyama IAmazone yasePeru. Uninzi lwazo lunobuhlobo kakhulu nabo banomdla onyanisekileyo wokwazi amasiko abo, indlelas yobomi nenkcubeko, kwaye ngaphezulu kwako konke ukufunda ukuhlala kwiAmazon.