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Published: March 12th 2013
Guajira is a place located in north of Colombia or its the beginning of south america, it divided in low, half and high
the high territory is the one with Saharan desert, that means with Dunes and all that stuff, very hot
the half territory is the one which has the capital Rioacha and other town called Maicao which has a big concentration of Muslim people, its like a part of middle east in S.A
and the low territory has more vegetation and its humid.
Maicao has one of the most important mosque in south america, with Arabian art style
Rioacha, the capital has nice houses and small parks, also has a small port; in the streets there are some wayuu selling things at $1
about 3 km or more from Rioacha, we find where the wayuu tribe live, they live in small huts but don't fall in the appearances, these guys are good traders by nature and they will catch your money as soon as you blink
the wayuu dance is incredible, it consist in that the groom has to not catch up from his wife; also the wayuu drinks a alcohol with
a strange snake without eyes inside a bottle, the good thing about the wayuu life style is where they sleep in hammocks.
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Speaking about the food, the menu in Guajira consist in shark meat with rice and fish soup, delicious indeed.
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Wynne Minkes
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photo Wayuu houses needed
Dear Brian, I hope to find you here, as your last log in dates 4 years ago?! I was searching for a photo of a Wayuu house and found your photo. I am writing education materials for Curacao (Dutch Caribbean) and one of the topics is the indian history. In it, I describe what an indian house would have looked like, based on postholes in the ground. In order for the schoolchildren to visualize such house, I would like to add a photo of a Wayuu house. Would you be so kind to let me use this photo? Kind regards, Wynne Minkes