The Motilones-Barí, sometimes also called Barís, Motilones (or for its singular: Motilón) or Dobocubis, are an indigenous people who live in the Catatumbo River basin in Norte de Santander Department in Colombia in South America and who speak the Barí language.

Los Motilones-Barí, también llamados Barís, Motilones «o por su singular: Motilón» o Dobocubis, son un pueblo amerindio que habita en las selvas Catatumbo, a ambos lados de la frontera entre Colombia y Venezuela y habla barí, un idioma de la familia lingüística chibchense.

Su territorio es conocido hoy como Serranía de los motilones. Son descendientes de los Caribes y en la antigüedad se caracterizaban por ser guerreros sanguinarios cuyo lema era sobrevivir a costa de lo que sea.

The Motilones, despite their cannibalistic reputation, are people who, at least in their exotic jungle environment, largely live at peace with each other. During his [thirty-eight] years with the tribe, Bruce has seen little homicide, drunkenness, prostitution, or physical violence.

Explora la historia, estructura lingüística y el legado cultural de la familia lingüística Motilones, hablada por los pueblos Barí y otros en la región nororiental de Colombia y Venezuela.

Dec 10, 2024 · The Motilones, also known as the Bari or Yukpa, are indigenous groups inhabiting the Serranía de Perijá mountain range in the northwestern corner of Venezuela and the easternmost portion of Colombia.

May 31, 2010 · This was a wild place with only scattered groups of native inhabitants called the Motilones who had not yet been introduced to civilization and who were aggressive toward the oil company people who they undoubtedly considered invaders of their territory.

Motilón, (Spanish: “Hairless Ones”), collective name loosely applied by the Spaniards to various highland and lowland American Indian peoples who lived in and about the Colombian and Venezuelan Andes and Lake Maracaibo. Chief among them were the Chaké and the Mape, who were agricultural and

Oct 1, 1992 · Today the Motilones are almost universally converted to Christ. Three years ago, Bruce Olson was kidnapped in the mountain jungles of Colombia and detained for nine months as a political prisoner by communist guerillas.

Aug 7, 2024 · The Motilones, despite their cannibalistic reputation, are people who, at least in their exotic jungle environment, largely live at peace with each other. During his [thirty-eight] years with the tribe, Bruce has seen little homicide, drunkenness, prostitution, or physical violence.